After asking around, we were assured that the right place had been found, and a few of us hopped into some tuk-tuks and headed out, down bouncy dirt roads, far out of town, until we came to this small workshop, which was NOT in fact a harmonium maker (surprise, surprise) but another kind of handcrafting.
Here, in this open air, dirt floored workshop, 3 generations of men were handmaking beautiful Veenas.
You can see the progression below, from the raw wood to the instrument being tuned. Each one of these takes a month to make, and there are usually several in process at once.
