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String Type

Standard Metalic Medina Artiga-1240 (+$16.83) Nylon Medina Artiga - 1230 (+$14.53)

Equalizer:

None PICK UP (+$36.00) ARTEC FS-4 (+$99.00) ARTEC ASE-N (+$114.00) ARTEC AGE-7 (+$165.00) ARTEC HT-G (+$178.00)

Hanger and fitting button:

None Hanger and fitting button (+$14.99)

Hardcase or softcase:

None Canvas softcase 2 (+$24.15) Charango - quena case (+$59.00) Hardcase A model (+$56.99) Hardcase - Awayo Detail (+$52.00) Awayo hardcase (+$56.00) Aluminium hardcase (+$99.00) Classic hardcase (+$56.00) Canvas softcase 1 (+$20.00) Awayo softcase (+$260.00) Semi rigid case (+$75.00)

CHARACTERISTICS:

Soundboard: Pine
Finger board: Jacaranda
Type of wood: Laurel
Sound hole: Round
Strings: Nylon
Tuning pins: Metallic
Bridge:Bolivian Jacarandá and boned frets on sides

Approx. size:
Length: 66 cm (25.98”) br>Width: 17.5 cm. (6.82”)

There are many stories of how the charango came to be made with its distinctive diminutive sound box of armadillo. One story says that the native musicians liked the sound the vihuela ( an ancestor of the Classical Guitar) made, but lacked the technology to shape the wood in that manner. Another story says that the Spaniards prohibited natives from practicing their ancestral music, and that the charango was a (successful) attempt to make a lute that could be easily hidden under a garment. It is believed the charango originated in the 18th century Andes somewhere in modern-day Potosí Bolivia, probably from Amerindian contact with Spanish settlers.