Eason Music Store Exquisite Ming Qing Aged Rosewood Erhu By Yu Kai Ming

What it is

An Erhu made of aged rosewood from the Ming Qing era by maker Yu Kai Ming from Zhejiang China.
It has the richest tone among all our YKM aged rosewood erhus.

At a glance

 An Erhu with excellent playability and a rich warm tone. 

Playability:	Demanding		Easy
Volume:	Soft		Loud
Sweetness:	Brash		Sweet
Richness:	Thin		Rich
Articulation:	Muddy		Articulate
Tone Focus:	Diffused		Focused
Warmth:	Brilliant		Warm
Cleanness:	Grainy		Clean
High Notes:	Muffled		Clear
Threshold:	Weak		Strong
Snakeskin:	Loose		Tight

 

Suitable for

• Beginners who wants a very good Erhu to start them off.
• Advanced and intermediate players looking for an instrument with a good dynamic range for greater expression.

Why you should buy it

• To produce a rich and thick tone
• Unique headstock makes you stand out in an orchestra.
• Prevents erhu moving around with an intricately carved anti-slip baseplate (instead of using a non-slip mat)

Why some might not want it

• Tone might not sound as sweet as other Suzhou erhus

About the Maker

YKM, or Yu Kai Ming, is a renowned maker that was once commissioned by Xi Jinping to make an erhu for the German Chancellor.
He learned his erhu making under the late Wang Gen Xing – one of the great erhu makers of the 90s.