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Houses are being cleaned out this fortnight. Diwali falls on 8 November, the cupboards come open, and behind the suitcases there is an instrument nobody has played for twenty years: a harmonium under …

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Lessons begin in a great many families this month, and the instrument itself is usually chosen with some care. The drone that goes with it is an afterthought, bought in a hurry a fortnight later when …

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Vijayadashami falls on 20 October this year. In many families it is the day a child is first sat down in front of a teacher, and in a good many musical households it is the day an instrument is bought …

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Between October and the end of December we field more questions about getting an instrument out of the country than at any other time of year. Some of that is the festival and wedding season, some of …

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Navratri begins on 11 October this year, Dussehra falls on 20 October, and Diwali on 8 November. Those dates follow the commonly used panchang and may shift by a day depending on the calendar your fam …

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Every year, around the second week of September, our workshop gets busy in the same way. The rain stops, the air starts to dry out, and instruments that seemed fine through July and August begin to mi …

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