Chinese Musical Instruments Blog

I had a previous entry on an electric Erhu I saw at the Beijing music fair. I managed to contact the maker to get more information about th...

I just posted a new product on my website, in case nobody noticed it. I named it the 6 Pack Erhu Utility Bridge Package . According to the b...

This is a new plexiglass Electric Erhu I saw at the Beijing fair. There are knobs at the bottom of the Erhu which think should be volume and...

Here's another way of putting the damper on your Erhu. You fold it and insert it in between the strings. The idea is that the unwanted n...

I brought back some interesting bridges from the music fair: 1) The tip is made of Ebony and the bottom is made of Pine. 2) A hybrid of Ebon...

Ok so here we go, an update on my trip to Beijing for their yearly music fair. It wasn't a particularly big scale fair, but all the bet...

Took an overnight flight and touched down at 6am in the morning. Well, overall I had a good trip to Beijing. The fair wasn't particular...

There's a music fair held in Beijing from this Thursday to Sunday and I'll be there. The Beijing fair is usually of a smaller scale ...

I would like to share 3 videos that I took recently of some music instruments. 1) The first is an instrument called the Yangqin. It is a du...

Ok I've took some pictures of the new Erhu cases that came in. They come in 4 colors: .... Red ... Silver ...White ... and Black ... The...