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…
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 !!