Cai tam

Cai tam (tam, three), *spike fiddle of Vietnam that has 3 silk strings. Top and bottom of the body are covered with snakeskin; a sliding *capotasto permits changes of pitch. The instr. is undoubtedly of Chin. origin and corresponds to the san hsien (132, 173). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Mahillon, Victor. Catalogue descriptif et analytique du Musée Instrumental du Conservatoire de Bruxelles. 1893–1922. Sachs, Curt. Die Musikinstrumente Indiens und Indonesiens. Berlin, 1915.