This flower sitar belonging to Thierry Willame is on a visit.
We want to change it into a playable instrument.
Category Archives: repair
Restoration of old Bina Musicals sitar
Flower Sitar
Sitar belonging to Thierry Willame, nicely decorated with painted flowers. But can it be used to play?
Tumba repair 2 (ctd.)
Next step is to hollow out the glue joints.
…en then fill out these hollows and the fixing holes with a mixture of plaster, wood-glue and water.
Making the colour matching and polishing should wait for the summer. We need warmth and sunshine…
Tumba repair 2
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 .
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 :
