Dieter Zarnitz
A very special and most beautiful series of sitars and surbahars made by Dieter Zarnitz. The tumba is replaced by a wooden construction as used in traditional western lute making. Neck and body are made from flamed maple, with old air-dried pine soundboard. The head and curl are made…
Electric Zeetar
Anyone ever seen this one in real ? The Rajah Zeetar is an instrument made in the 1960’s in the likeness of a sitar. Supplied with an electronic amplifier. Made in Japan. It comes with 2 eye-catching big magnetic pickups and the body is made of papier-mache with a…
Hiren Roy Compact Sitar
Towards the end of last year Hiren Roy company came with their version of the “compact sitar”. At first sight a regular sitar with an original slotted head, but … …they simply cut the tumba by half. It looks very similar to Sanjay’s “studio travel model“, which has a…
Jay Scott Hackleman
Jay Scott Hackleman and late Kartar Chand Sharma 21 years ago Jay Scott Hackleman was so very lucky to be able to spend a whole year in the very special company of some of the world’s finest traditional sitarmakers, Kartar Chand & Hari Chand Sharma. He wrote a profound…
Flower Sitar completed
The flower sitar in the hands of its proudly owner, Thierry. The sitar is ready but it’s not really sufficiently solid to actually play it. Too bad…
Flower Sitar on visit
This flower sitar belonging to Thierry Willame is on a visit.
We want to change it into a playable instrument.
How to make a mizrab, the translation
Here is the translation of “how to make mizrab” section taken from an old “teach yourself sitar” manual. Or, try this alternative animated demonstration .
How to make a Mizrab … in one minute
Here is my ” how to make mizrab ” ( .wmv, 683kB ) instructions, which I’ve learned from Hari Chand. And, the last step 7 = “Mizrab stretch out” can be done like this: If you can read Hindi, please find some more details here. 🙂
The Solid Body Sitar
I created a new page about the making of a solid body sitar. Start the discovery by clicking on the picture…