MADE IN INDIA
19Aug 2011
- preparing the syahi from different ingredients
- preparing the head
- slicing the raw hides
- mounting the head
- making it look nice by using different kind of raw hides
- putting the syahi on the dayan
- nothing happens without indian chai tea
- pre-tuning of the drums
- cutting spare material of the damping layer
- engraving beautiful ornaments on the bayan
- quality control and final sound check before approval
during my recent trip through india, i visited the supplier of our professional tabla set (PRO-TABLA).
very interesting to see this extremely detailed and diligent craftsmanship!
a worker needs about two days to finish a tabla - only putting the heads on the dayan or bayan (shells) and to pre-tune them accordingly. it takes about 6 to 7 hours, just to put multiple layers of syahi (black paste) on the head.
very impressive and makes me proud to have such beautiful instruments in our assortment!
mario
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