How to choose matouqin

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Not everyone can make a matouqin. She has the unique style of the Mongolian people, so the matouqin made by the 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.

How to choose matouqin

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.

Reference materials and contributors
马头琴材料及工艺鉴别方法

Involving musical instruments

Matouqin (pinyin: mǎ tóu qín) is a two-stringed stringed musical instrument with a trapezoidal body and a handle carved into the shape of a horse's head. A sort of.

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