SARAT SARDAR & SONS SITAR | 1970

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This sitar comes from a lesser known sitar maker from Kolkata and has been completely restored on my workbench. A fully decorated kharaj-pancham sitar with horn bridges and 13 sympathetic strings. I equipped it with a complete set of new modern-style phulias (taraf-eyelets), repaired the broken gourd and repolished it.

SPECIFICATIONMEASUREMENT
Total length125 cm
Scale length87.2 cm
Bridge height2.4 cm
String height over last fret11 mm
Neck width8.7 cm
Tabli diameter34.5 cm
Toomba circumference104.5 cm
Weight (without upper tumba)2.26 kg
Meend range (at C# tuning)S → P ; P → r (higher)
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