Easy Tuning Replacing Strings Made in Japan Innovative Peg Koto Harp equipped with Built-in Tuner

Easy tuning and replacing strings with built-in tuner and peg

The innovative koto is equipped with a peg unit and a built-in tuner.

Therefore, there is no need to move the koto pillars to adjust the tone.
After you set up koto pillars in the place with the point mark, Easy tuning by simply turning the pegs according to the tuner guide.
There are five tuning modes available, including Hira, Nogi, and Kumoi tones, as well as Doremi scale and open strings.
Therefore, even beginners can tune their instruments in a short time with a few simple steps.

In addition, only a specialized craftsman could handle the replacement of koto strings until now.
However, the innovative koto is equipped with a peg unit and a built-in tuner.
Therefore, with a little practice, you can easily and safely replace it yourself.

The original koto has a total length of about 180 cm, but the innovative koto is condensed to about 100 cm.
Therefore, it is easy to carry and enjoy the koto more casually.

Please select any one which you want among set items and accessories of the following list.

Simple set:
1. Koto-Tsume (plectrum)
2. Koto-Hashira (Bidge)
3. Ito (strings/ already strung instrument)
4. Position labels

Simple set + carrying case:
1. Koto-Tsume (plectrum)
2. Koto-Hashira (Bidge)
3. Ito (strings/ already strung instrument)
4. Position labels
5. Carrying case

Condition: Brand New
Model: Japanese 13-stringed Koto
Version: Japanese

Detail:
Body : Paulownia wood

Size:
Length: 100.0cm
Width: 25.0cm
Height: 16.0cm
Weight: 4.5kg

When Koto was first imported to Japan, the native word Koto was a generic term for any and all Japanese stringed instruments.
Over time the definition of Koto could not describe the wide variety of these stringed instruments and so the meanings changed.
Azumagoto or Yamatogoto was called Wagon, Kin no Koto was called the Kin, and the So no Koto (So being an older pronunciation of So) was called So or Koto.

The modern Koto originates from Gakuso used in Japanese court music.
It was a popular instrument among the wealthy; the instrument Koto was considered a romantic one.
Some literary and historical records indicate that solo pieces for Koto existed centuries before So-kyoku, the music of the solo Koto genre, was established.
According to Japanese literature, the Koto was used as imagery and other extra music significance.
In one part of "The Tales of Genji/ Genji monogatari", Genji falls deeply in love with a mysterious woman, who he has never seen before, after he hears her playing Koto from a distance.