You have reached the key part. Here is the space where we have started documenting languishing and obsolete musical instruments. We have been working on data collection of obsolescent musical instruments of West Bengal and Chhattisgarh. We did some documentation in South Africa and Mauritius. But we are yet to upload the accumulated data as these still require fine-tuning. Here are only a few uploads that you are welcome to view. This will only show that we could create a framework.
Call to Scholars
The SMTC-DRLOMI is working on developing a virtual museum of obsolescent musical instruments and traditional toys of different parts of the world.
Any article on any Obsolescent Musical Instruments and Traditional Musical Toys, with supporting photographs and short videos [wherever possible], is welcome. The scholars may view the instruments from all possible perspectives like; the instrument making, instrument performance, instrument training, musical associations of the instruments, association of religious rituals, association with any social rituals, from the perspectives of the listeners, the geography and occurrence, available natural resources and occurrence, the people involved with any aspect of an instruments like making, playing and listening, socio-economic presence of the people involved with any obsolescent or languishing musical instruments and any other perspective.
The submitted materials will be reviewed and published on the net after processing. All the materials will be published with due citation. Please feel free to visit and register by clicking here.
