Sitarmaker

Due to the occupation, people used to call him Sitarmaker, which became very much familiar and lead to change in surname of Shikalkar to Sitarmaker.

The trade is identified so strongly with them, that many use the surname Sitarmaker or Satarmaker.[…]¶ The wooden body of Balasaheb’s instruments comes from the one-room workshop of Abdul Hamid Sitarmaker.

Another well-wisher is Ibrahim Sitarmaker from Miraj, a town in the adjacent Sangli district that is famous for its instrument makers.