No Small Feat For this 77-year-old, making miniature musical instruments is a passion that is winning him acclaim

From: India Today | Date: November 14, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Making music is the biggest passion of his life. It is only the instruments that are small. Surendra Mehta, a 77-year-old retired railwayman, makes miniature musical instruments ranging from the sarangi to the sitar and has made 200 so far. In March next year, Mehta aims to open a museum housing 344 miniature Indian folk musical instruments.

"All my instruments are smaller in scale, almost one-fourth the size of the original," he says, adding, "It is important that they are made the same way and sound as good." Considering that he spends up to 20 hours a day working on the instruments and ...

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