A dying breed

Traditional artesan instrument makers appear to be a dying breed. The music stores now stock instruments with the label "Made in China."

I went to Tucuman to visit the Folklore Museum which has a small collection of instruments. There was an old violin that I found interesting. My goal in traveling through northern argentina is to find regional violins. La Chacarera is the northern argentina musical style that I really like and includes violins. Unfortunately when I asked the curator if he knew anyone that still made those regional instruments. Apparently there used to be people that repaired instruments that came around the museum, but not anymore.