‘He made my life’: Zakir Hussain's tabla maker recalls memories of the legend
Hindustan TimesFor Haridas Vhatkar, tabla making won’t be the same again, as he mourns the passing away of his most celebrated customer, Ustad Zakir Hussain. “I first began making tablas for his father Alla Rakha, and made tablas for Zakir Hussain saab since 1998,” an emotional Vhatkar, 59, told PTI. He paid a lot of attention to the ‘tuning’ aspect of the musical instrument,” said Vhatkar, a third generation tabla maker, hailing from Miraj in western Maharashtra. He called whenever needed, to ask about a new tabla or regarding repair of some old instruments.” “Our conversations were after a gap of months and not what you would categorize as regular calls,” said Vhatkar, who entered tabla making following in the footsteps of his grandfather Kerappa Ramchandra Vhatkar and father Ramchandra Kerappa Vhatkar.
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