3-028-595 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Musical Instruments in the South Kensington Museum: Chinese Yue-kin, or Moon Guitar, 1870. Stringed instrument '...mounted with four silken strings, arranged in two pairs, each pair in unison, producing two tones, which are tuned at the interval of a fifth from each other. The strings are twanged with a plectrum, or with the Chinaman's long nails'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.