It sounds almost like a violin, but not quite. The erhu is a traditional Chinese two-string instrument, played with a bow. Virtuoso soloist Ma Xiaohui demonstrates how to finesse music out of it.

By Peter Weiss May 31, 2006 at 11:16 am - More than 2 years ago At the heart of many of the world’s musical instruments is the same, simple component—a string stretched tight between two points.

The instrument uses flat-wound electric guitar strings, and Kreimer tunes his Dvina to C# and G# but other tunings are possible. The Dvina package, which doesn't include a bow, is available to ...

Cicely's er hu is one of 30 Chinese instruments that once belonged to Chew's music teacher, who died in 1995. Chew used $500 of her own money from a teaching award, and $3,500 from parents ...