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Qing dynasty Qin (Seven-stringed zither)

Both the top and bottom surfaces of the qin are made of fir wood. The cap corner (guanjue), bridge (yueshan) and dew-receptor (chenglu) are all made of hardwood, and are painted with lacquer. There are no tuning pegs (qinzhen). The peg protectors (huzhen) have one foot missing. The goose feet are made of redwood. The inlays (hui) are made of mother-of-pearl. The qin has no cracks (duanwen) and is painted with grey coating and black lacquer. The sound retainers (nayin) are rectangular.

  • Measurements:Total length: 114cm, string length: 106.3cm, width of the forehead: 15.7cm, width of the shoulders: 18cm, width of the tail: 13cm, the large sound hole is 21.8cm long and 2.4cm wide, the small sound hole is 10.4cm long and 2.2cm wide.