Erh. hsien

Erh. hsien *spike fiddle of China, a hu ch'in with hexagonal body of wood, belly and back of t'ung wood, otherwise similar to the erh hu (89, 142). Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAuthorAscendingDescending Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition. London, 1954. Moule, A. C. “A List of the Musical and Other Sound-producing Instruments of the Chinese,” in Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 39. London, 1908.