Violin and Flute Training (1912)
Chembai also started learning to play the violin, something with which he was already familiar, his father being also a violinist. He attained some proficiency, enough to be able to accompany singers (which helped him when he was to lose his voice in 1952). For about a year he in fact accompanied flautist Anantha Bhagavatar, who was his sister Narayani's husband. He was also interested in the flute and learnt to play it well enough to perform a few concerts on this instrument.
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