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Sitar factory near Kolkata

Sitar Factory Posted on Friday, 5 March 2010 by AnandaThursday, 5 October 2017

Watch this video from Mr Simonggill about present-day sitar making in Calcutta. Here the real work is done…!! These small factories almost cover the worldwide production of sitars. They produce prefab sitarbodies for all well-known sitar makers such as both Rikhi Ram’s, Hiren Roy, Srishty Musical, RA Sitarmaker, Hari Chand, Raj Musicals, Kartar Chand Dhiman, etc… Far gone are the old times…!!!


The music is from Ustad Vilayat Khan: Raag Hameer.

Posted in varia | Tagged India, lutherie | 3 Replies

Sitar Shopping

Sitar Factory Posted on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 by AnandaWednesday, 17 February 2010

Do you want to buy a (new) sitar ?

For sure when it is your first sitar then you might feel somewhat uncertain…??
Because very frequently this question has been put to me, I’ve decided to make a “check list” with 10 tips to help you to decide if the sitar which is laying in front of you is ok to buy or not.

If you really want to minimize the risk, then always go to a shop yourself and check the instrument thoroughly before you buy it. And, take your time for this. Buying a sitar online, with only a good looking picture and dito description on a fancy internet shop is looking for trouble. Sitars are always handmade and the overall quality varies very much. They are also very fragile. Unless you invest in a good fiber case, shipping a sitar by air or sea will almost always end up on arrival with a broken tumba (pumpkin) and / or broken kutis (tuning pegs), or even worse…

You can find the Sitar Buying Tips here. It is also linked under Resources.

Another interesting article about this on the web can be found here.

Good luck.

Posted in varia | Tagged varisitari | Leave a reply

Shipment finally arrived…

Sitar Factory Posted on Friday, 23 October 2009 by AnandaFriday, 23 October 2009

During my last trip to India in march 2009, I collected some sitar bodies and other instruments.
Now they finally arrived, after more then 7 months…

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Next to a variety of techno-organisatory problems which caused the delay, the packing service got worse as well.

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This is the result: severely broken tumba on brand new gents vocal tanpura.

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Posted in varia | Tagged India, RajMusicals | Leave a reply

More SAS & SBS pictures

Sitar Factory Posted on Sunday, 18 October 2009 by AnandaWednesday, 13 April 2022

New page added with more semi-acoustic sitar & solidbody sitar pictures. These pictures (most of them) are made by Luc De Gezelle. The pictures are coming in autoviewer slideshow mode… Feel free to take a look here.

Specs and other info about these instruments can be found here.

Or download the new style sitars pdf brochure.

Posted in varia | Tagged electric, fusion, SAS, SBS | 1 Reply

Vishwakarma Puja

Sitar Factory Posted on Sunday, 6 September 2009 by AnandaSunday, 6 September 2009

Today is the annual Vishwakarma puja.

Hari Om

Posted in varia | Tagged HariChand, India | 5 Replies

Bert in India II

Sitar Factory Posted on Wednesday, 12 March 2008 by AnandaWednesday, 12 March 2008

Onze goede vriend Bert Cornelis op toernee in India, het bewijs…:

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Een meer dan levensgrote affiche van Bert Cornelis & Pt. Uddhav Shinde, sitar & pakhawaj jugalbandi… in de straten van Latur, India.
Op de affiche met Hridaynath Mangeshkar, een broer van de wereldberoemde Lata Mangeshkar.

Een foto uit de krant met een verslag van hun concert in Aurangabad, ter ere van pakhawaj Master Padmashree Bapu Apegaonkar, wijlen de vader van Udhavji.

Posted in varia | Tagged India | Leave a reply

Hennep veld

Sitar Factory Posted on Monday, 3 March 2008 by AnandaMonday, 3 March 2008

Een hennep proefveld, bij ons in de buurt, ecologie een stap vooruit!!

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Hennep is een uitermate milieuvriendelijk gewas.

Hennep verbouwen kan volledig organisch. De planten zijn vanuit zichzelf resistent tegen allerlei schadelijke insecten, waardoor pesticiden overbodig zijn.

Hennep bedekt zeer snel de bodem, onkruid krijgt geen kans en onkruidverdelgers verontreinigen de bodem niet.

Hennep is resistent tegen vele ziekten. De grootste belagers zijn vogels die na het inzaaien snel de weg vinden naar het heerlijke en enorm voedzame zaad. Maar omdat een oude boerenwijsheid zegt dat de vogels daarvan gaan fluiten, vinden wij dat geen enkel probleem.

Katoen, dat hennep wereldwijd verving in de textielindustrie, is één van de meest vervuilende gewassen. Het gebruikt 25% van het wereldaandeel in pesticiden en vraagt veel intensere voeding- en gewasbescherming (pesticiden, meststoffen, ed) dan hennep. De grootschalige monocultuur van katoen rond het Aralmeer in Rusland is er de oorzaak van dat het meer aanzienlijk kleiner is geworden.

De chemische stoffen, gebruikt bij de groei van katoen, kunnen niet allemaal worden verwijderd bij het verwerken tot textiel.

Een T-shirt van 55% hennep ipv 100% katoen, bespaart minimum 3000 liter water.

Dit, en nog veel meer info over hennep en hennepproducten op www.hempmade.be. Nu online!!.

Posted in varia | Tagged eco | Leave a reply

Hemp Fashion Show

Sitar Factory Posted on Friday, 29 February 2008 by AnandaFriday, 29 February 2008

Een leuk alternatief initiatief.

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Meer info over hennep producten op www.hempmade.be.

Posted in varia | Tagged Concerts, eco | Leave a reply

Bert Cornelis in India

Sitar Factory Posted on Sunday, 17 February 2008 by AnandaSunday, 17 February 2008

Our good friend Bert Cornelis on tour in India :

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Bert Cornelis & Pt. Uddhav Shinde, sitar & pakhawaj jugalbandi… in Latur, India.
On the poster with Hridaynath Mangeshkar, a brother of the world-famous singer Lata Mangeshkar.

More info about Bert on www.sitarplayer.be.

Posted in varia | Tagged India | 1 Reply

Riksha Ride

Sitar Factory Posted on Tuesday, 25 December 2007 by AnandaFriday, 25 December 2020

Recently I made this recording during a short ride on a riksha in Delhi. Hari Chand and I started off from his house where traffic is reasonably calm and headed for the busstop on the main road. I’m using my H2 “handy recorder” and 2 DPA 4060 miniature microphones. Play soundscape Horn Please...

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Posted in listen, me & i, varia | Tagged India | 1 Reply

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