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Dunhuang Pipa - Chinese Guitar/Lute
Standard Basic Grade Dunhuang Pipa Model# 597
comes with a set of finger picks, and a spare string.
Soundboard: paulownia Body: Hard Wood
Pegs: Yellow Sandalwood Fingerboard: Rosewood
Head Design: Ru Yi
The pipa (Chinese: çµç¶; pinyin: pÃpá) is a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments (弹拨ä¹å™¨/彈撥樂器). Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12-26. Another Chinese 4 string plucked lute is the liuqin, which looks like a smaller version of the pipa.