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.
SPECIFICATION | MEASUREMENT |
Total length | 125 cm |
Scale length | 87.2 cm |
Bridge height | 2.4 cm |
String height over last fret | 11 mm |
Neck width | 8.7 cm |
Tabli diameter | 34.5 cm |
Toomba circumference | 104.5 cm |
Weight (without upper tumba) | 2.26 kg |
Meend range (at C# tuning) | S → P ; P → r (higher) |










