Rikhi Ram's Blog

Hello everybody. Rikhi Ram Music, Gole Market connects with Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 video guide to shop for Indian and Western Musical Instruments of all quality under one roof. Linked at http://commonwealthdelhi2010.com/videoguide/shopping/sitar-shop Carrying forward the deep nailed tradition of Musical Instruments making of three generation in a row, Rikhi Ram Music provides with quality, precision and sublime sound from their specialized art form, allows musicians to develop new forms in their playing techniques and lifts their performance level to new heights. Quality work is just not confined to great maestros, even for a beginner or inspired musician to fusion/world music professional, but assured standard to everybody. Delivering best of knowledge with updated researched techniques, Rikhi Ram Music would just make to order specifications with 100% plus musicians/customer satisfaction. Here are few comments from world musicians; Mark Brenner, France Hi Sanjay! Whenever I'm in England I visit my teacher Jonathan Mayer for some extra sitar tuition. I was there last week and took the studio sitar you made for me... Jonathan was very impressed with it. I really do have 2 of the best sitars around and I'm so grateful to you for making them! Love from France Bill Hill, USA Hello, Sanjay. I just finished playing, and wanted to write again and thank you for making my incredible Sanjay Sharma Vilayat Khan style teak sitar. It has such beautiful tone and sustain. The sympathetic notes are hard to believe - so clear, sharp and beautiful that sometimes they make you gasp, or laugh, or cry. Before I played, I was listening to Budhaditya Mukherjee playing Mishra Kafi with a lot of meend notes. It inspired me to try new things, and your sitar sounded just amazing when bending the notes all the way to the edge of the frets. Bill Hill, USA Yes, the teak surbahar you made for me is also beautiful. The more I play it, the better it sounds, like it's "playing in". It's amazing how the two lower strings (which of course are really low!) will generate high harmonic sympathetic notes after vibrating for about 15-20 seconds or more. You learn a technique of playing long, slow notes, hitting the note and waiting... These are the notes I love best - the unstruck ones. Many more are as happy as they are. It is just not the money you pay to buy Musical Instruments at Rikhi Ram Music, it is value for money and everyday pleasure with heart touching sweet tone harmonics-overtones, one hear from these Musical Instruments when played, signifies the importance of using well aged seasoned wood to make this magical experience true. In turn, one does not stop playing/practicing. Now that, Delhi will be hosting this world event of Commonwealth Games 2010, Rikhi Ram Music is committed to provide coming participants/visitors/delegates for these games with their best of best highest standard Musical Instruments with no comparison. With best wishes again to all valued visitors of www.rikhiram.in.