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61st String Instruments Fair: Overseas Exhibitors Increases 27%
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Japan String Instrument Makers Association held 61st String Instruments Fair from Nov. 2 through 4 at Tokyo Science Museum.
A total of 3,258 visitors filled the exhibit floor looking for hand-made violins, guitars and bows by the luthier members of the association and imported models as well as related accessories and printed music.
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The 61st session welcomed 28 exhibitors from Europe, China, Taiwan and India, a 27% increase from the previous year. Nobuhiro Sonoda, (photo top left)president of the association attributed it to growing recognition of the fair in the global string instruments society.
A host of musical entertainment programs and seminars also helped draw general music fans.