Kanailal joint repair
A very fragile part of the sitar is the joint. It is the connection between the neck and the resonator. The neck (dandi) itself consists of two large parts: the flat top plate and the round bottom part. The resonator consists of three large parts: the gourd (tumba), the…
Barun Roy broken joint
One day London based sitarist & composer Jonathan Mayer drove with his car straight from London to SiTAR FAcToRY in Belgium (+/- 8hrs drive). His favorite sitar, recently made by Barun Roy, has a severe joint problem. At first sight the joint has only loosened. A friend of him…
Kartar Chand vintage sitar repair
In 2009, Hari Chand presented me an old sitar which has been originally made by him and his brother, late Kartar Chand, in the 1970’s. The sitar suffered severely from a loose joint due to “an unfortunate fall from a kitchen table”…, dixit the former owner. How peculiar that…
Naskar tun sitar
Old Naskar so called “teak sitar…??” turns out to be a regular tun sitar. This sitar has been repaired from a loose joint and twisted neck. Also the tabli has been lowered and the neck has been finished in an open pore look with 6 layers of Danish oil.…
Naskar teak sitar…??
before and during restoration, a few “inside” views…:
Easy loose joint repair
This unknown sitar suffers from a loose joint. The playing string came to almost 18 mm above the last parda. In normal conditions this distance should count only 8 – 11 mm. The reason why the joint became loose is not determined, but most probably “a small accident” during…
Joint Repair II end.
Finaly, at the end of july we were lucky to have had at least a couple of days good weather with nice sunshine. One of these days I succeeded to finish the polishing of this sitar. I’ ve been making some fresh new polish ready during a previous (short)…
Joint Repair II cont”d
The joint has been fitted and glued again. On the left hand side you can see some adjustment strips sitting between the joint and the body. Then the tabli is glued to the body. A rope is used to keep the tabli fixed and under sufficient pressure at regular…
Joint Repair II cont’d
… after some time the glue became softened and the joint can be removed.
Now, the wooden parts need some time to dry thoroughly.
Joint Repair II
This old Rikhi Ram is having a problem: the joint got loose. I handled the same problem before on another (left – handed) RR sitar. On that occasion I made a new joint which took a lot of work to make it fit perfectly. Now I turned an old…
Joint Repair
Page added documenting the repair of a joint… Take a look here !!
Joint Repair
The joint between the gulu and dandi of this old left-handed Rikhi Ram sitar became loose. A tiny little gap was seen between the two pieces when the sitar was tuned properly. So, the whole sitar has to be opened to reach the joint surfaces and to be glued…