Namaste HDF,
The following might seem like an unusual turn of interest for me, and an unusual request. Still, I hope those here at HDF will be willing to listen.
Recently, I have been inspired to look into taking up the south Indian instrument known as the veena. As for why, there are multiple reasons, foremost among them being the spiritual aspect of learning the arts, especially Indian classical music. (I can get into other reasons if people want to know.)
The first thing I have done, of course, was look for a potential teacher, a guru. I found one in New York City who is willing to teach me remotely, but in order to benefit from her tutelage I need to own a veena.
I looked into buying a veena online, and sheesh, are they expensive! Buying a quality one from India can cost over $1000 US dollars, and that's before shipping.
I know investing in musical instruments, especially ones as venerated as the Saraswati veena, isn't supposed to be cheap, but surely there must be a way I can get a Saraswati veena without having to sacrifice so much of my income? I don't make that much money. Anyone here have any ideas?
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