So I was ordering a dhol from India and I asked my mamma from PAU CoA. He talked to his ustad (not sure who), and he said there is some ustad that most dholis that I mentioned to him (Bittu, Meshi, Kukki) learned from. That ustad said you're not going to easily find kali taali dhols in Punjab, and not many ustads are willing to sell them for under 15000-20000 rupees even if you can find them because they're too expensive and have to be ordered from outside of Punjab.
When my mamma said that my friends have ordered kali taali dhols from ustads in India, that ustad said most of the time when people tell you the wood is kali taali, it's really akhrot (walnut) wood.
Does anyone know about this? and I'm also wondering... how good is akhrot for dhols? I remember reading a post saying that it's better than taali, but I don't know & I always thought akhrot was more expensive than taali. I asked him to reconfirm with his ustad and he said the same thing again.
