A large size Hemen kharaj-pancham sitar from the 1960ies. It came in with a completely smashed gourd. The tabli had a broke-off piece and a crack as well. I painstakingly restored it with all its original pieces and added a new set of modern-style taraf phulias (eyelets for the resonant strings) as the old ones had a lot of wear. It plays and sounds fantastic now. The low-end is especially pleasing in this sitar. Toon-wood, original horn bridges, 11 taraf strings, kharaj-string hook on last fret, no upper resonator.
| SPECIFICATION | MEASUREMENT |
| Total length | 127 cm |
| Scale length | 89.6 cm |
| Bridge height | 2.4 cm |
| String height over last fret | 11 mm |
| Neck width | 8.8 cm |
| Tabli diameter | 35 cm |
| Toomba circumference | 112 cm |
| Weight | 2.53 kg |
| Meend range (at C# tuning) | S → P ; P → R‘ |
I documented the restoration in this video:
