K'ung hu

K'ung hu [Pers. chang], vertical *angular harp of China, a development of the Sassanid chang introduced from E. Turkestan ca. 400 A.c., with 21–25 strings; it became obs. ca. 1000 A.c. and corresponded to the Jap. kugo. Also called pe k'ung hu, shu k'ung hu (89, 142, 170). 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…