Art & Music Histories Within The School Of Arts & Sciences At Syracuse College
This sitar with 7 melody and thirteen sympathetic strings was made in 1997 by Murari Adhikari, son of Nityananda Adhikari, an early 20th-century innovator of sitar development. Murari continued to incorporate his father’s enhancements that included elaborate engraving and carving, rounded frets, a concave neck, modifications in bridge design, and adjustments that produce a good…