July 3, 2018
How to properly tie Qianjin The Qianjin is the piece of string that goes around the neck of the Erhu, pulling the 2 steel strings towards […]
September 10, 2017
Basic Erhu Setup Having your Erhu set up properly can make a world of difference in how it sounds. Sometimes, things that are obvious to experienced […]
March 15, 2017
How to Take Apart Your Erhu (And Put it Back Again) As instrumentalists, we often find ourselves worrying about transporting our instruments when going overseas. More […]
December 7, 2015
Chinese Dizi: Rectifying Flat Pitching Recently, we received an inquiry pertaining to dizi troubleshooting: one of our customers ordered a dizi for recording purposes, but found […]
November 18, 2015
Choosing an Erhu Bow The bow is a vital part of the Erhu. A good bow improves the tone of your Erhu and brings out the […]
November 9, 2015
How to Tie the Bindings on Your Chinese Dizi If you have noticed, there are string/fishing line bindings on most Chinese Dizis. Some of the Dizis […]
October 29, 2015
Your Optimal Qianjin Position Every Erhu player has different arm and finger length. Some have short fingers and some have rather long fingers. The position of […]
October 22, 2015
2 Ways to Fine Tune Your Erhu About 95% of Erhus come with friction pegs, and all the good/expensive/valuable Erhu come with friction pegs.If you have […]
October 8, 2015
Marking Your Erhu for Better Intonation Good intonation on the Erhu is always a struggle for Erhu players, especially beginners. Unlike fretted instruments such as the […]