Konghou Unboxing and First Time Playing | Beautiful Chinese Double Strung Harp
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- I am so excited to finally share this with you! The Konghou is a modern Chinese double strung harp and has so many beautiful and unique features. If you'd like to talk to the maker and inquire about your own, please email Yi Sheng Konghou at Yisheng.konghou@outlook.com
Also check out professional Konghou player Nathania Ko's playing on her TH-cam channel here: / xoxnathaniaxox
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I can't believe the sound of it! My jaw literally dropped, what a stunning instrument. I'm so excited to hear more about it!
It really is! The different strings and soundboard orientation give it such a unique sound 🥰
Omg. I must get one!!! Just because I'm a harpist and I'm Chinese. Lol. Really, the sound is beautiful. I will contact you for the seller contact and the teacher when I'm ready.
I find that Kong Hou produces louder and much more resonant sound than a harp, could it be due the the bigger sound box?
Another awesome video!!! 🤘🏼 your instruments are so unique! I’ve learned of so many new cool sounds and instruments thanks to you!!! 😊
Thank you so much! I love exploring all the diversity of the musical world 🥰
Sounds amazing I love the phoenix design and shape. I wrote them after your Reverb store announcement to learn more about the costs, and they were really nice and responsive. It looks like they named a harp after you as their price list had the "Molly Khan Phoenix" model with levers!
Yes, it was so sweet of them! We sort of collaborated on this design (I say sort of, because I basically just said "can you do this?" And they did all the work 😅). This is a small model with only 22x2 strings, but can still do some note-bending much like a guzheng. Yisheng Konghou was just amazing to work with 😊
Molly you said the strings are different from regular harp strings but you didn't come back to the strings. What are they made from?
This is an unusual harp. So glad you got to do the box opening. Very interesting
Thank you! It has been so fascinating to explore 😊
It sounds so wonderful .
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Congratulations on yet another baby ( instrument) LOL! Your excitement is so infectious!!! I’ve been eyeing Konghou for about 3 years now. I nearly bought a full sized one but discovered buying strings was a huge up hill struggle. First identifying who made the konghou , then the model , getting a translator. So I bought a piano instead LOL!
Haha that's totally fair! I would very much like a big one someday. I am studying with Nathania Ko and she seems to know a few makers if you are still interested, she's on Facebook 😊
That thing is crazy cool! It looks like something out of a Dr Seuss book. LOL. The design is more of a double lyre than a harp when you think about it. In any case... it's super unique and it sounds amazing. Wow! What a great find.
Haha, I love the Dr Seuss comparison, it's spot on! When you think about it, even a pedal harp is a bit like that 😂 But yes, it's so cool!
😃 it sounds amazing, I saw normal Kong Hou when I was in china, it is usually very big like pedal harp, its a chinese instrument mixed with harp, But this tiny red phonix sounds incredible 😍, thank you for your great video. This is gonna be on my wish list 🥰
Yes! I would so love to see or play a real, big konghou someday. But for now I'm really enjoying this little sister ☺️
How much did it cost?
That is Amazingly Beautiful, both sound and looks.
Thank you 😊
That harp is STUNNINGLY beautiful!
Tuning that thing is probably a bitch! (And then, when you show up for the gig, the other musicians all tuned to a different pitch!)
Yep! I'm a "debby downer" (but not really!)
lol
Thank you! I love it 🥰
Haha, I have another double strung harp so I was all ready for the nightmare tuning 😂
I saw this on Etsy......very cool, thank you for posting. 🙏
This model is a bit different from the one they are selling on Etsy, but both are so amazing! 😊
Simply beautiful! Where did you get it from?
Where would you buy one of these double harps at?
Please post where I can buy one? :)
So how do you get it serviced if there is something wrong? Also what kind of wood is the soundbox made of (sorry if you mentioned it in the video and I missed it)?
Great questions! I am working on learning to build harps (not anything so complicated as this though!) So I'm hopeful that with guidance I'll be able to figure it out. Honestly, there's no western harp techs where I am either 😅
Edit: I'm not sure about the soundboard wood, I'm sure they told me but I can't find it - I'll email and get back to you 😊
Wow was für ein Klang wo kann man so eine Harfe bestellen..
Wow. Love it!
You can use techniques that common in guzheng, harp and even piano on konghou, playing techniques could be even more complex on the big konghou with 72 strings or the padel konghou with 88 strings, but the price for owning one aren't cheap.
Yes, there are so many amazing ways to use this beautiful instrument! I am studying with Nathania Ko right now to learn more about it. I would love to have a bigger one in the future, but that may be a ways off 😅
What an amazing instrument. Do you know what type of wood was used?
I actually don't know! I will ask the maker 😊
Nice , I wanna have this😍
It is so gorgeous 😊
Stunning 😍😍
Thank you! I love it so much 🥰
How interesting. Can you play "normal" harp music on that too? Or is it a different system all together? Is it compareable to a double strung harp?
Yes it is, you can play normal strung harp with this harp
It is very much like a double strung harp! The only limitation this one has (and I'm not sure if this applies to all konghous) is that there is an ingenious lever system where flipping a lever on the left (visible) side also sharpens the string on the right side. So you can't have, say, one G and one G# in the same octave on opposite sides at the same time. But I imagine that very rarely comes up!
@@MusicalMollyKhanWaw that's clever!
OMG I've been trying for years to get a Konghou! How did you get one? What store? How much? Who do I contact? Thanks in advance for any info you could share.
Absolutely! The email for the maker is yisheng.konghou@outlook.com. if you're patient, I'm thinking of selling this one next spring to help finance a larger lever konghou, but otherwise you can order from Yisheng (either this size or a 37x2 string) directly 😊
Which website did you purchase that harp from? How much did it cost to you? I would love to get a harp like that.
You can email the makers at yisheng.konghou@outlook.com! I'm not sure what they settled on for a final price, mine was very much an experimental model 😅 but I'm sure they would love to hear from you!
@@MusicalMollyKhan thank you, my friend. I got astonished at the model and the sound, and I really loved it.
I kind of want one now. LOL.
This instrument is so cool. How long did it take to get to you?
Actually not long at all! It took about two or three months for it to be made, but actual shipping time was about a week, even with needing to clear customs! 😊
@@MusicalMollyKhan Wow! That's really good
I love you ❤
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