Dieter Zarnitz Lute-Sitar #4 (1990)

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This is sitar number four made by Dieter in 1990. It is setup as kharaj pancham and has thirteen taraf-strings. It has many ingredients: the resonator and the back of the neck are maple, tabli and front of the neck are from spruce, the headstock is rosewood, pegs are from ebony and decorations are synthetics.

SPECIFICATIONMEASUREMENT
Total length130 cm
Scale length89.5 cm
Bridge height2.4 cm
String height over last fret11 mm
Neck width8.6 cm
Tabli diameter38.8 cm
Toomba circumference107 cm
Weight2.5 kg
Meend range (at C# tuning)S → M tivra ; P → S (higher)
Dieters original photo just after its completion
A beautiful plank of spruce
Thirteen ribs of maple
Solid one-piece ebony pegs
In full splendour
A maple pear
Intricate rosette, inlays and trim made of synthetic material
Geometry of sound
Another tabli shot. Dieter loved to experiment with bridges. He made a couple like this to adress the intonational issues on the bass strings
Curves of maple
String holders planted in a rosewood garden
A multi-coloured sitar
One more tabli shot. Such beautiful grain lines.
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