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 .
Tumba repair completed.

New strings fitted and jiwari adjusted.
Here a picture about the soundboard (tabli).
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 :

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:
Tumba repair (another one)
Cavitied gourd
Tumba cosmetics
Drowned sitar
Tumba horror
Another tumba horror