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Gourds drying in the rooftop |
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Preparing wood for the neck |
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Bamboo nails used to hold the parts together! |
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Smoothing the tabli (face) |
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Structure of the gourd and neck joint |
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The main parts before assembly |
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Fitting the tabli to the gourd |
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Showing how the neck is mounted |
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Mounting the neck to gourd |
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Top tumba before finished |
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Pegs before they're inlaid |
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Installing the inlay on the pegs |
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Finished peg before finish is applied |
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Pegs drying after the shellac |
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Unfinished neck of our Calcutta Traditional model |
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Sitar before frets and final finish... |
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Preparing for the celluloid inlay |
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Tailpiece string anchor before and after |
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Neck after shellac is applied, excess on inlay is scraped off by hand after. |
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Performing the jawari and final touches on our Jaipur model |
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