Indian Instrument Restoration

David has been doing extensive restoration on Indian instruments for five years and repair work on them for twenty-five years. He traveled in India to learn repair techniques in the tradition of the masters. His extensive experience includes restoration and repair on many classical instruments from India, as well as for customers all over the world.

Examples of this work include major repairs on tambouras, veenas, sarods, swarmandalas, and sitars which had been badly damaged. These were successfully restored and improved beyond their original resonance.

His harmonium experience is also well respected. He does bellow and air related repairs, changer repairs, action work, sticking notes, and extensive cabinet repairs. He tunes the reeds to A-440, replaces reeds, and completely rebuilds when necessary.

David treats his restoration work with the same reverence and respect as the instruments he creates himself.

These before and after images are representitive of the quality of restoration work David Schneider routinely performs on these special instruments.