Ivory Jiwari
One day, a good old friend brought along an old and damaged billiard ball. It happened to be a real ivory specimen.
Why not to try to make a ghodi out of it ?
First step is to cut out a nice slice of ivory…
Broken Kunti
It happens that a kunti, old or new, breaks. Most of the time, these can be repaired easily… See the new page on Kunti Repair at “blog pages / repairs”.
3 sitarmaker 3
2 times 3 sitarmakers in 1 scooter, …everything is possible in New Delhi. 2005 & 2007 Always having fun … !! See also new page on Kartar Chand’s Shop at “blog pages”.
…new… SAS-01 …new…
Day 40 is another happy day: after the successful second glue-session, the body of this new sitar is complete. This one I baptise SAS-01, Semi Acoustic Sitar.
Once more,…glueing
Day 39: the big glueing, ctd… The soundboard as well as the fretboard has been glued at once. This means a day less to dry.
Carving of the top plate
Day 38 : Carving of the last soundboard. Follow the different steps… Drawing the zones to be carved, drilling holes, carving the holes,… until the holes are gone…
Sarod Guitar / modification
Here’s the renewed fretless fingerboard. The first step was to pull out the frets. This precise job was securely done by my colleague Frans Ieven. Many thanks to him !!! Then I filled up the gaps with some plain veneer. The new fretless surface, after sanding and some layers…