Natural Wood Grain Guzheng

This Dunhuang brand Guzheng model has a beautiful natural wood grain. The strings cascade down this Traditional Chinese Musical Instrument over the natural wooden pattern. Without carvings or inlays, the art of this model is its classic and clean design. The wood offers all the visual movement and artistry needed. This Chinese Guzheng is constructed from a type of exotic (Dalbergia) Rosewood from Myanmar masterfully selected by the artisans from Dunhuang. . Rosewood is a hardwood that creates a warm tone when played and offers a nice base. It offers a rich red-ish brown color in appearance. Other materials include: solid brass hinges, strings that are German steel wrapped nylon. Instrument weight: 15.30 lbs. Dimensions: 64" long, 13.5 inches across the bottom, 12" across the top and 2.75" depth. Guzheng, (pronounced 'Goo-Zheng') is a stringed instrument, plucked by hand (often with a pick). Part of the zither family, it is an ancient Chinese musical instrument that dates back to Qin dynasty (before 206 BC). In fact, the first part of the instruments title: "Gu" means 'ancient' in Chinese. Its history goes as far back as the Spring Autumn Warring State Period where it was widely played in Qing State area, and that's why it was previously named Qing Zheng. The body shape of Guzheng is a combination of oblong and oval. The head and tail of Guzheng are fixed with bridges on which strings are lined across, and each string is also supported by a peg (which is movable) so that the pitch of a string can be fixed and adjusted. The earliest Guzheng has only five strings, but from the time of the Qing Dynasty on to Ming and Qing Dynasties, the number of strings increased from 12 to 16.