Inside a small workshop packed with cupboards and a carpenter’s bench, 76-year-old Tong Man-hak carefully measures pieces of wood and places them precisely before using an electric saw to cut them. His meticulousness is crucial in making an erhu, a traditional two-stringed Chinese musical instrument.“A good erhu resonates well and won’t sound out of tune,” h […]
Self-taught maker of Chinese musical instrument the erhu takes us inside his Hong Kong workshop
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