This version featured tabla drums and sitars. Malouf is played by small orchestras, consisting of violins, drums, sitars and flutes. These are smaller sized sitars that look like a sitar. These sitars are tuned the same way as the original classical sitar would be tuned. Some electric sitars have drone strings in lieu of sympathetic strings. A-ha's version of "Velvet" replaced Savoy's guitars with sitars. Pandit Ravi Shankar was known for using his sitars. Both Harrison and Lennon were given Coral electric sitars. The city is known for its finesse in playing and manufacturing Sitars. Some sitars by certain manufacturers fetch very high collectible prices. He started making his own sitars and soon found that local musicians praised his work.