There are many methods for scientific and precise identification of Indian lobular red sandalwood, such as scratches, incisions, soaking, drawing on white paper, etc. As far as Indian lobular red sandalwood erhu is concerned, these methods are difficult to implement, and no one will bear to buy them at high prices. Erhu had a cut on his body and even threw it into the water. If it is identified as a fake lobular red sandalwood erhu, you can still find a merchant to compensate. If it is true, it will be distressing.

Today I will teach you some simple and intuitive identification methods.

The density of African rosewood is slightly lower than that of authentic Indian lobular rosewood, and the structure is not as fine as that of Indian lobular rosewood. Indian rosewood tends to darken over time, while African rosewood does not have this property. Indian lobular red sandalwood will have cow hair patterns, and good materials will have few cow hair patterns, but African red sandalwood has no cow hair patterns. Indian rosewood has no aroma, and African rosewood may have a light fragrance. This is very important, because it is rumored on the Internet, and some people even superstitiously believe that the Indian lobular rosewood has the so-called sandalwood fragrance, which is very unscientific. Authentic Indian lobular rosewood has no fragrance! All wood itself will have a unique smell of wood, and so does lobular red sandalwood. The newly cut red sandalwood will have a very light fragrance for a short time, but it will disappear after being exposed to the air for a while, and the finished erhu will not be there anymore. Therefore, buy What fragrance does the lobular red sandalwood erhu have at home, either fake or with additives.

As far as piano skins are concerned, it is very absurd to say that "the bigger the scale, the better". For the same python, the skin with the largest scale is on the abdomen, but the worst skin is also the abdomen; the same python, the older the scale, the larger the scale. Long-term pressure, activity habits, or internal injuries of the python skin will cause the scales to be irregular and strange scales to appear. This only affects the appearance, and basically has no effect on the quality of the python skin.

To make erhu, it is better to take the back skin of a 4-5-year-old python. The fat and fiber of the back skin are evenly distributed and have good toughness. The python uses its tail to attack and stalk its prey. The muscles and skin of the tail are very strong, with a large and uniform density, so the skin on the back of the tail is the best choice for erhu. And such a high-quality piano skin, taking the commonly used hexagonal erhu as an example, a row of closely arranged scales on opposite sides should be 11-14 (not the rumored eight or nine large scales).

When buying an erhu, it is entirely up to your own feelings and experience to identify the tone. If there is no physical store to experience in person, choose online shopping, it is best to choose through one-on-one video. Now that smartphones are popular and the Internet is developed, through WeChat one-on-one video, the sound of erhu cannot be faked, and the sound quality can be reflected most intuitively. This is also the reason why many erhu merchants let customers add WeChat friends.