Ni gen kin

Ni gen kin (two-stringed kin), 2-stringed koto of Japan, with highly arched board of wood, or of a bamboo half tube with wooden bottom, actually an *ichi gen kin with 2 strings. The points at which the melody string is to be stopped are marked by small discs inlaid in the soundboard. Both strings are tuned to f#0 (148, 157, 178). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Norlind, Tobias. “Beiträge zur chinesischen Instrumentengeschichte,” in Svensk tidskrift f. musikforskning, Vol. 15…