Comments on: Joint Repair

By: Jukka Mäkinen

Jukka Mäkinen — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 11:35:18 +0000

Excellent work! When it is so well documented, you can trust the professional. I just sent you an email to to do the same to my Kanai Lal’s neck joint. thank you for this great site!

By: Alan Arthur Suits

Alan Arthur Suits — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:57:23 +0000

really fine work Klaas. I found that a dovetail at the back of the neck is optimal for reinforcing that pesky neck/gulu joint. The stress and pull is forward towards the strings. When the builders in India put screws inside the neck joint, it really does nothing to counter the pull of the strings on the neck!
I’ve seen many old sitars with a bone fish right at that spot on the back of the neck. None of them had a seperated joint.

By: Tony Karasek

Tony Karasek — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:58:08 +0000

Superb restoration ! Well done ! I’d love all the hacks in Delhi, Miraj and Calcutta to see these picks. These are the jokers who stare you in the face after looking at a nut off by 5 degrees and tell you the square is broken. I wish you much success in this noble venture – showing the hacks in India how a sitar SHOULD be built with the hopes of maybe restoring a little of the lost pride so painfully evident there. I salute you ! ! !

Tony Karasek

By: Denis

Denis — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:50:15 +0000

Thank you so much Klaas for sharing this.

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