Professional Charango of exclusive desing, ideal for concert performers and professional musicians. Made of naranjillo wood, it has the face of an inca blended in with an Inti (sun god) carved on the back of the soundbox. The sound hole has the design of two condors with white edges.Characteristics:
Sound box: Half Board White Pine and Jacaranda
Finger board: Jacaranda
Type of wood: Naranjillo
Sound hole: Oval Shape with Two Condors
Strings: Nylon 1240
Tuning pins: Metallic
Bridge: Bone frets
Scale: 37. 5
Tuning: Mi 4. 40
Frequency: 4. 40 Hz
General features: Inti - Inca Carving

Approx. size
Length: 66 cm (25. 98")
Width: 18 cm (7. 08")

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"