Sitar Hemen 5/8

- Ready to play, set up by India Instruments
- Ideal for children learning to play, for higher tuning or for travelling
- Length 99 cm = significantly shorter than the Paloma 3/4 sitar (107 cm) or Paloma Compact sitar (111 cm)
- No resonance strings, making tuning easier
- New hybrid strings in standard gauge with 3 melody strings and 4 drone strings
- Good sound and playability with fundamental tone SA = e
- Clean intervals up to fourths
- 19 frets
- Body repaired and refinished by India Instruments after damage
- Probably built in the 1960s–1970s
- Includes cardboard case that is slightly too large (L 115, W 38, D 30 cm)
- Estate of instrument maker and sitarist Wahid Sahid
- Dimensions: length 99, width 30, depth 28 cm
- Weight without case: 1.3 kg
- Weight with case: 5 kg

Hemen & Co. was known in the second half of the 20th century for its excellent sarods and high-quality sitars and tanpuras. For a long time, Hemen & Co. was the official supplier to the renowned Ali Akbar Colleges of Music in San Rafael, California, and Basel, Switzerland. Hemen Chandra Sen founded the company in Calcutta in 1946 and ran it until his death in early 2010. In 2003, he received the Hafiz Ali Khan Award from the then Indian Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee for his services.

Sale according to differential taxation, §25a UStG. Therefore, no VAT can be shown on the invoice.