Vintage Hiren Roy

Price:	€ 2.365,00
Condition:	very good ...SOLD...

This beautiful Hiren Roy sitar was built in 1955. This was a wonderful period for his instruments, and he was considered the top builder from this time.

The sitar comes with fiber case .

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Contact, Opening times, Donations and Gifts

We are Open

I am open on a daily basis by appointment only. Lessons are also available via Skype, Zoom etc.

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Any donations or gifts sent are purely voluntary and given as a token of appreciation for the advice and services provided. Please note that these contributions are not tax-deductible. There is no obligation to donate, and I do not actively solicit gifts or financial support. Your generosity is entirely at your own discretion.

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Contact

Indian Musical Instruments

Toss Levy

Schubertlaan 22 B
4702KD Roosendaal
Nederland

E-mail: info@tosslevy.nl
Tel: +31651009978

Items of interest

Choice Items

See a video of Soumalya Mukhopadyay and myself playing live in concert Soumalya Mukhopadhyay & Toss Levy in concert
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
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