The wood of matouqin is colored wood (maple, also called five-pointed maple). No matter how good the matouqin is, her main wood is colored wood. But there are many kinds of colored wood, and there are four kinds of commonly used matouqin wood: southern common colored wood, northeast common colored wood and northeast colored wood.

southern color wood
(Ordinary colored wood and colored wood) The wood is soft because of its fast growth rate, but it is white. The appearance of the piano made with it is relatively white (there is no colored part), but the sound quality is not very ideal. The high-end matouqin does not use southern materials.

northern wood
(Ordinary colored wood and colored wood), the general growth time is hundreds of years (diameter is more than 45cm, and some reach 80cm), forming hard wood in the cold and long years, but the harsh climate makes the annual rings or color inconsistent. Features. The matouqin made with it has a long and rich tone, especially the matouqin made of northeast colored wood has a beautiful appearance and is a treasure of the matouqin.

Tile wood
(also called tiger-skin-colored wood) is a high-grade wood for musical instruments, especially the northeast colored wood is the best wood for matouqin. But he has no direct effect on the sound quality.

Therefore, the first choice for wood materials is the northeast colored wood, and then the southern colored wood. Nowadays, due to the increase in the price of colored wood (special material for musical instruments), there are many matouqins made of flowers and other woods. This kind of piano is not considered from the perspective of materials. Regular matouqin.

craft
Not everyone can make matouqin. She has the unique style of Mongolian people, so the matouqin made by Mongolians is the authentic matouqin. Nowadays, there are matouqin with a horse head in the shape of a jade carving in tourist spots or some places, although the appearance is a horse head, But definitely not the appearance of a real matouqin. The fineness of craftsmanship also varies greatly. In particular, the matouqin sold on the Internet without the high-definition large picture effect must not be bought.

If you can't buy and sell it, you must understand the situation, output and credibility of the luthier. The middle of the distribution must be beneficial (especially online).

The fingerboard of the matouqin is usually made of mahogany or ebony. The panel is paulownia wood or white pine (fish scale pine).

For the back panel of the sound box, some manufacturers replace the back panel of the matouqin sound box with plywood or make the entire sound box with plywood in order to make a profit. The back panel of the sound box made of plywood has a layer inside, which is easy to identify.