Sitar and surbahar manufacturing
Subtitle: the tradition of Kanailal & Brother, Kolkata
By: Lars-Christian Koch
Series: Veröffentlichungen des Ethnologischen Museums Berlin = -- Publications of the Ethnological Museum Berlin -- n.F. 80. -- Abteilung Musikethnologie, Medien-Technik und Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv -- xiii; Veröffentlichungen des Ethnologischen Museums Berlin -- n.F., 80.; Veröffentlichungen des Ethnologischen Museums Berlin -- 13.
Publisher: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9783886097197
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Sitar; Construction; Surbahar; Plucked instrument makers; Kanailal & Brother; Musical instruments; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-204).
Table of contents: title: Preliminaries; title: A short history of sitar and surbahar; title: A history of Kanailal & Brother; title: Ravi Shankar on Kanailal and his sitars; title: The construction of the modern sitar and surbahar; title: Materials and tools used for sitar and surbahar manufacturing. Wood ; Gourd/Tumba ; Deer horn and bone ; Celluloid (binding materials) ; Glue (rohlam) ; Varnish ; Tools; title: The process of manufacturing. Woodcarving ; Woodconstruction & measurements ; Glueing the neck ; Varnish ; Celluloid works ; Final setup; title: Maintaining and repairing a sitar/Filing a javari; title: The sound-structure of the sitar and surbahar; title: The surbahar and its main construction characteristics; title: The construction of sitars from the end of the 19th century until the middle of the 20th century; title: Bibliography; title: Appendix.