Next step is to hollow out the glue joints.
…en then fill out these hollows and the fixing holes with a mixture of plaster, wood-glue and water.
Making the colour matching and polishing should wait for the summer. We need warmth and sunshine…
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Tumba repair 2
Another nice picture from the sitar’s inside : “Ali Baba’s Café”
This picture is taken on the soundboard, inside the tumba.
It’s all about this tumba, “… mind the gap …” :
And, when all the pieces are fit together, glued and fixed in the traditional way, you ‘ll get this :
More tumba repair here .
Repair completed
Tumba repair completed.
New strings fitted and jiwari adjusted.
Here a picture about the soundboard (tabli).
Joint Repair
Page added documenting the repair of a joint… Take a look here !!
Tumba repair
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 :
Tumba Repair
This tumba has been broken into many pieces. I counted more than 20 crack lines.
An early attempt by the owner to repair this wasn’t very succesfull.
So, here we go :
Session 1 : Opening the cracks, adding glue and fixing zone 1
Session 2 : Idem for zone 2
Session 3 : Idem for zone 3
Session 4 : Idem for zone 4
I’ve added a piece from another broken tumba to complete this one.
Session 5 : Opening the crack lines
Session 6 : Filling the crack lines and sanding
Session 7 : Colouring
Read more articles about tumba repair:
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 again.
Here the original joint is seen properly.
Because I was unable to loosen this joint, I decided to make a new one out of a piece of mahogany.
I also made it fit accurately, as it is done in the construction of acoustic guitars.
So, no need of driving screws into the gulu.
After this, the body is to be closed again. First the top plate is glued to the dandi.
Secondly, the tabli is glued to the tumba and gulu. Hot glue is used.
Finally the body is ready for finishing touch…
But, I think I also should try to find a better way for loosening the original joint…
Some years later there is another opportunity, and (quelle coincidence), it is also a RR, the Rolls Royce of Sitars… by means of steam ?
Cheers…
Yet another “cheap and easy” joint repair is described 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 !!