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 !!
La Gauchée
Is “sitar” masculine or feminine? Paul came to collect his sitar. It was a left-handed sitar. Made in the Rikhi Ram factory in the late 1960s. It concerned a joint repair. Decoration sobero Bonjour cher Denis… Merci Beaucoup !!