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      • Tabla Repair 5 - Attaching the Badhi
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      • Tabla Repair 8 - Balancing the pitch and adding the gittis
      • Tabla Repair 9 - Tidying up the badhi
      • Tabla Repair 10 - opening the sound with a thread (jiva)
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Jawari for Tanpura 6 -

Jawari for One String


Jawari for Tanpura 1 ~ Introduction
Jawari for Tanpura 2 ~ What is Jawari
Jawari for Tanpura 3 ~ Types of Bridges
Jawari for Tanpura 4 ~ The Sandpaper
Jawari for Tanpura 5 ~ Sanding and removing the grooves


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Indian Musical Instruments
Toss Levy
Schubertlaan 22 B
4702KD Roosendaal
Nederland
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Items of interest

Choice Items

  • New instrument maintenence video series.  At last the long awaited "tanpura jawari video series" in online. You can find it on my YouTube channel or here on this website The Jawari for Tanpura series
  • TV program about sitar (Dutch). I am appearing in a 2 episode program called "Sitar in de Polder" on Dutch tv. Here is a link to both episodes https://npo.nl/start/serie/sit...
  • 3500 year old Egyptian lute design compares to the Bin. An exciting new discovery has compared the bridges of Rudra vina and the Ancient Egyptian lute. I have added the story to the origin of the jawari article. 3500 year old Egyptian Lute compares to the Bin
  • interview Dr. Siddhartha Ganguli, Neuroscientist, Educator and Author from Kolkata, has recently published a new book on the effect of music on the body, brain, mind & soul. It's an extensive book on how music can heal. A brief interview with me is included at the end of the book, titled “Music is Divine”. Interview with Dr Siddhartha Ganguli
  •  mini-documentary on the Jawari:  I've been extensively featured in a new video about jawari.     mini documentary "The soul of the Sound"
  • Discover the 4500 year old origin of the sitar and tanpura bridges Origin of Jawari  Links to this page are included in the new scientific book "Acoustical Analysis of the Tanpura".

Interesting Recent Projects

  • The new video series called Tabla Repair is now available The Tabla Repair series
  • Due to back problems, I am unable to continue reheading and repulling tablas. However, I have decided to share my knowledge in a new series of lessons. I can now teach you to put your own tabla heads on. You will do the work yourself but under my guidance. You will learn everything necessary to do this job yourself. The price is €50 excluding VAT/BTW and any accessories needed.  
    • I have recently sold 3 antique instruments to the Music Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. You can read and see one of these instruments here Rare and unique antique Afghani "doutar"
    • There is a new article about how I advised a guitar builder to build a jawari bridge with adjustable saddles for an acoustic slide guitar,   > New Jawari bridge design for acoustic guitar

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