La ch'in

La ch'in bowed *board zither of N. China, with hollow wooden body in shape of a truncated cone, with a convex surface, and 10 pairs of silk strings. These are attached to iron pegs at one end and threaded through small holes pierced through 10 very high individual bridges. The tuning is pentatonic without semitones. The la ch'in is held in semiupright position, 2 small holes at the base serving as fingerholds. It corresponds to the *a chang of Korea. Ca. 65 cm. (26 in.) long. Also known as ya…