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Su hu

Su hu *hu ch'in with hexagonal body of wood, snakeskin belly, and 4 strings looped to the handle, held taut by rear pegs. Called su ken hsien erh in Peking. Cf. dörwen chikhe khuur (142). 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.

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