Shivoham finally came to collect his surbahar.
The instrument has been ordered some years ago and has been finished while I was in New Delhi, in november 2005.
At that time I arranged a shipment that arrived at my house in june 2006. The surbahar was packed in one of these crates.
Day 16, 17 & 18 : Cutting out these 2 necks is very tough. The African mahoganies texture changes frequently it’s direction. One of the necks is cut out with a miller.
Tumba repair completed.
New strings fitted and jiwari adjusted.
Here a picture about the soundboard (tabli).
Tijdje zoet geweest met het binnenhalen van de “oogst” brandhout.
Vele winterse zaterdagen in het bos hout gehakt. Bomen vellen, afmeten, verzagen, klieven en op hopen leggen.
Nu is het tijd om met de boskarren van hoop naar hoop te rijden en het hout op te laden. De karren zijn redelijk hoog geladen en er moet zeer voorzichtig mee gereden worden.
En deze keer hebben ze ons wel gezien…
Zouden ze nog eens komen ??
Deze twee waagden zich wel erg kort bij ons huisje..
Ze keken de verkeerde kant op.
Day 13 & 14 : Working on the neck’s backside profile. Drawing the second cut’s borders and removing the wood. Drawing the neck’s inside borders and cutting out the wood with a gouge.
Day 15 : Continuing the neck’s cutting out.
The neck’s backside is now made of 7 surfaces. I didn’t touch the border between the neck and head to be able to clamp the piece.
First neck’s cut out is completed.
Page added documenting the repair of a joint… Take a look here !!
Meanwhile I started another tumba repair.
Watch this unique picture about the sitar’s inside :
This is the joint between the hollow neck and the tumba :
Day 8: Drawing out the head and making an accurate mould in plywood.
Day 9 and 10: Copy the headstock onto the wood using the template, cut it out and finish the sides. Mill out the profile for the construction of the tuning keys + finish the transition. Draw the profile of the joint on the neck.
Day 11: Finish the neck profile joint + glue the heads on.
Day 12: Remove upper part of transition from neck to headstock + measure length of neck and saw joint roughly. Drawing the profile back of the neck and rough shaping it with cuts. First cut.
Here is the mould for the head and a first specimen sawn out and roughly finished.
