Jawari

27/03/2008 by Klaas 2

Jiwari

Today I added a small article about “doing jiwari” to the maintenance page. This seems for so many an insurmountable task, for others it remains a sacred secret on which sometimes insiders make profit by doing or pretending that this is only to be touched by a lucky few.…

Jawari is one of the most characteristic and important aspects of a sitar’s sound. The carefully shaped curved surface of the bridge determines how the strings interact with it, creating the rich spectrum of harmonics, sustain and characteristic buzzing tone of the instrument. On this page I explain the…

Ivory Jiwari III

Last weekend I fitted the ivory jiwari on Chico’s sitar. It gave a noticeable warm and round sound… Good old friend Chico is very proud with his new ivory jiwari. Now it’s up to him to test the durability of the material.

Jawari maintenance

14/01/2008 by Klaas 7

Ivory Jiwari II

This upper jiwari has also been made out of the same piece of billard ball about 9 years ago. Although this ivory is rather smooth, I have the impression that this jiwari sound lasts much longer than staghorn.

Jawari maintenance Pathak

05/01/2008 by Klaas 13

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 ?

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First step is to cut out a nice slice of ivory…