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
A broken sitar tumba (gourd) may look beyond repair, especially when it has shattered into many pieces. Fortunately, even severely damaged gourds can often be restored, provided the fragments can be carefully reassembled and the structure properly reinforced. At SiTAR FAcToRY, I have repaired many cracked and broken sitar…
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.…
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 !!