Gandhar Pancham Sitar by Rikhi Ram

£700
Location:
City Centre, York
Posted: 30/10/2009 11:11

Good quality student sitar by Rikhi Ram, gandhar pancham style. Tun wood with ebony jawari.

This is not a "tourist" sitar good for decoration only but a quality student sitar with a nice sound. It was selected for me in 2006 by my sitar teacher at the time, Anupama Bhagwat (Dayton, Ohio) and purchased from the Detroit Institute of Indian Music after she had tried it first. I brought over to the UK in the spring of 2008 and played regularly until a few months ago.

It has not been adjusted, so one could have the jawari opened up and other adjustments made by a good sitar maker to suit your personal taste.

It has no damage other than a few dings here and there and being a bit dusty. I have stored it in the hard case with the strings loosened and will give it a good dusting.

If you would like to speak to my UK sitar teacher and get an unbiased opinion of its quality and sound. Please email me and I shall send you his email privately.

Comes with:
• Hard case (a little scruffy but it did get the sitar here safely in the cargo hold of a plane from the US to the UK!)
• Soft case recently purchased from Jas and used twice to take it back and forth to lessons.
• Narka (really nice one from Sitars Etc. www.sitarsetc.com )
• Two small and two medium mizrabs (two Calcutta and two Benares)
• Pyramid Strings (heavy, pre-cut): 8 in 0.085, 1 in 0.12 and 1 copper 0.015
Not a complete unused set as I did use a three of these, and left the off-cuts from replacing a taraf in the packet.

This is a genuine sale and a very good quality student sitar that should enable you to learn better than on one of the many totally cheap untunable ones out there.

If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to email me.