The bow snakeskin protection thingie. Where can I

[blankso]

....buy them online? I can't find them anywhere. And what are they called?

[George]

The only company delivering to the West that I've seen advertising them is www.dunhuangonline.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=43&Itemid=53&vmcchk=1&Itemid=53, but I recommend you send them an email first - when I wrote to them not long ago I didn't get a reply. I think they're called 二胡护片 or 二胡包角 in Chinese - not really sure.

[blankso]

Thanks. If I can't find a place to buy these is there some thing else I can do? Like make something?

[davidmdahl]

Send an email to Sung Wah at Eason Music. He should be able to get you a protector strip.

Best wishes,

David

[mikegbn]

Over here in the great white north and land of hockey (canada), I've seen people use white hockey tape. But only over an existing plastic protector, else the hockey tape would gum up and likely peel the snakescales off if you ever tried to remove it...

[johnniez]

Found this

www.redmusicshop.com/Accessories/Others/Erhu%20Protective%20Strip

[eugene]

Eason does sell it.

www.easonmusicstore.com/products/Erhu-snakeskin-protector-%E4%BA%8C%E8%83%A1%E8%A7%92%E7%A0%81/356