This charango made of naranjillo wood has an amazonic indian man (toba) carved and hand painted on the back of the soundbox. The soundbole has an exclusive model with three holes and a two colored ¨threaded¨ technique design on the edges of the soundbox.Characteristics:
Sound box: White Pine
Finger board: Jacaranda
Type of wood: Naranjillo
Sound hole: Three holes
Strings: Nylon 1240
Tuning pins: Metallic
Bridge: Bone frets
Scale: 37. 5
Tuning: Mi 4. 40
Frequency: 4. 40 Hz
General features: Painted Indio Toba Carving in the armonic box

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