Sitar maker: Ravi Shankar’s legacy inspires others

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Indian traditional instrument craftsman Sanjay Sharma places a fret on a sitar at his store Riki Ram's Music in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. For close to a 100 years Sharma's family has created musical instruments for legendary Indian musicians. But none more famous than sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar who died Tuesday at age 92. Described as "the godfather of world music" by Beatle George Harrison, Shankar introduced millions of Westerners to the sitar and the centuries-old traditions of Indian classical music. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)The walls of Sanjay Sharma's music shop are lined with gleaming string instruments and old photographs of legendary musicians.

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