16 String Baby Guzheng (80cm)

The secret to its sound lies in its soundboard, which is a fully carved board, resulting in resonances that is not encumbered by sound posts and support frames inside the guzheng. As a result, the entire instrument fully resonates when played.

The side panels and baseboard of the guzheng is made of tempered acrylic that comes in colors – Fiery Red, Starry White, Emerald Green, Golden Amber and Aquamarine Blue . The acrylic panels reflects the sound resulting in the instruments nuance4s timbres that mimics that of very high end guzhengs.

The cherry on top of the pie, is that this guzheng weighs just 4KG (under 10lbs) in a gig-bag and can be played on the lap. It can be brought to anywhere the musician wishes, and can be placed in the overheard baggage compartment of most airlines.

If you are looking for an ideal travel guzheng, this guzheng really “travels” !

Tonality of Guzheng

• The high notes are crisp and resonant
• The mid tones are sweet and solid sounding
• Almost capable of replicating that of the full sized guzheng

Who is this Guzheng For

• Musicians who travel and need to perform outdoors, usually playing contemporary pop pieces
• Musicians who need to set up several guzhengs at the same time, may find this small guzheng perfect for the occasional pre-tuned arpeggios or chords. If the musicians need to play full concert pieces and concertos that require the full length of the guzheng should get the full sized guhengs
• Musicians who prefer a guzheng with a warm and deep tone, inversely if you would prioritize clarity and projection, you could consider Dunhuang Guzhengs

What makes this Guzheng amazing

• Fully carved soundboard on a “Baby” Guzheng, this makes the compact instrument fully loaded with the highest possible sound quality at under 3ft. It fully resonates, as its vibrations are not encumbered by the frames and the internal bracings.
• Tempered acrylic fully reflects the vibrations and is encloses the sound, resulting in solid reverbs
• Its compact size makes the guzheng good to go any time.