Chat'han

Chat'han *board zither of the Kachinz of Siberia, related to the bûche, with each end terminating in a volute. Of the 7 metal strings 1 is a melody string; it has sheep-bone frets. Ca. 150 cm. (5 ft.) long, 15 cm. (6 in.) wide (149, 169). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Norlind, Tobias. Systematik der Saiteninstrumente. Stockholm, 1936; Hanover, 1939. Sachs, Curt. Handbuch der Musikinstrumentenkunde. Leipzig, 1920.