Repair Or Renew Your Tabla For Free

[PAL 07]

Repair or Renew Your Tabla For Free Since I have a Tabla Repair Machine, does your tabla need tightening (left or right drum)or a new skin put on? please feel free to email me and i'll do it: singhpalvinder@hotmail.co.uk

[OhTwadi]

Wow! I did not know such machines existed! Very cool. Fixing a tabla, especially a dugga by hand is extremely tough on the hands.

[Singh559]

Now that's awesome. (What if i ship my tabla from USA) joking hehe

Is there anyway to repair this tabla? The pardah is ripped. I got it like that as a kid to practice the tabla, have had it since.

The treble side is quite loose as well, not sure how to tighten it. I pulled out the tabla a week ago or so to practice.

[PAL 07]

if you just want something to play about on then your tabla will just about do the job, if you want quality sound from your tabla then both skins need to be replaced. Actually the best skins are not readily available in Punjab since Calcutta, Bombay is the best place, but i am in the process of ordering some from a contact in the UK just so that if anybody needs new skins putting on they can have the best quality. But yeh you need new skins on them the Duggi is 9" and the Chatu appears to be a 4.5

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Where abouts in the UK are you based? How would one send you their tabla?

[PAL 07]

i live in the west midlands, but we make arrangements to meet, it usually only takes 5 minutes to repair the tabla's so i can do it there and then. i don't charge any money because im just doing it to promote this vidiya so in one way i am doing Sikhi parchaar, please email me singhpalvinder@hotmail.co.uk

[singhguvi]

Can u fix the shaahee

[PAL 07]

no - its far better and less hassle to just put a new skin on and then look after your tabla - the syahee on the duggi will go bad only if you keep playing akj style where you keep blaasting the bass line, so the only solution is to either use the duggi properly or buy a pakhavaj duggi where you have to put flour dough on.

if the syahee on the small drum is slightly bad you can put pvc glue on it provided you have found the cavity that is the cause of the buzzing...tablas wear and tear quite quickly depending on how much you use them, i bought a bespoke tabla about 6 months ago and already its not as brand new as it was then and so i dont use it, i just do my riyaaz on my other tabla