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