Professional Daruan Da Ruan Chinese Mandolin Guitar 敦煌牌非洲紫檀木大阮
Professional Grade Dunhuang Daruan - Chinese Mandolin Model# 665.
Soundboard/Back: professional grade paulownia
Body: African Padauk
Pegs/Fingerboard: African Padauk
The instrument comes with a hard case, and a finger pick.
The ruan (阮, pinyin: ruÇŽn) is a Chinese plucked string instrument. It is a lute with a fretted neck, a circular body, and four strings. Its strings were formerly made of silk but since the 20th century they have been made of steel (flatwound for the lower strings). The modern ruan has 24 frets with 12 semitones on each string, which has greatly expanded its range from a previous 13 frets. The frets are commonly made of ivory. Or in recent times, metal mounted on wood. The metal frets produce a brighter tone as compared to the ivory frets. It is sometimes called ruanqin (阮ç´), particularly in Taiwan.