Neck & body of Dieter´s third lute-style sitar is made from maple. The tabli (soundboard) is spruce, pegs are ebony, headstock & decorations from rosewood.
This is the only sitar from Dieter Zarnitz that I set up completely to my preferences for this recording: the main bridge is an old Hiren Roy horn-bridge and the bass-strings are not the flatwounds that Dieter prefered but traditional bronce-wires. In the photographs you can see the original setup of Dieter with elforyn bridges and flatwound bass-strings. Kharaj-Pancham with thirteen taraf-strings.
| SPECIFICATION | MEASUREMENT |
| Total length | 132 cm |
| Scale length | 88.4 cm |
| Bridge height | 2.3 cm |
| String height over last fret | 11 mm |
| Neck width | 8.9 cm |
| Tabli diameter | 36.7 cm |
| Toomba circumference | 101 cm |
| Weight | 2.45 kg |
| Meend range (at C# tuning) | S → P ; P → r (higher) |
