Srishti Nikhil Banerjee style

 Concert Sitar

(8 main strings, 13 sympathetics)

Select premium mahogany (tun) wood. Fully carved and decorated in saffron/black colored penwork, reminiscent of the vintage Radha Krishna Sharma penwork Low profile Rose design main pegs for Ma and SA with inlaid sympathetic pegs and carved tumba mount. Modern style tarab string outlets. Nikhil Banerjee style (as shown) is 1 1/2 inches longer to accomodate the extra peg properly and the fitted extra bridge near the meru (nut) is included but not shown in the pictures. We will install it if requested but the extra length already compensates with better tuning of the lower strings. This style of sitar features 8 main strings, giving you kharaj and a gandhar drone which can be used or clipped out of the way on the installed hooks. Comes with a fiberglass hard case specific to the size of this sitar included in the price. Specs for original Nikhil Banerjee style sitar courtesy of Hiren Roy with his permission. This sitar has been air shipped (as are all of our instruments) to preserve its quality. A beautiful instrument with nice sympathetic response. Add a fitted duplicate resin main bridge for $50 with sitar purchase.

Out of production currently, can be custom ordered!

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