Chanzy (instrument)

A chanzy (also spelled chanzi or tyanzi) (Tuvan: чанзы) is a three-stringed lute instrument from the Tuvan Republic. It looks like a long-necked banjo with a skin head (goat or snake skin) glued over a heart or kidney-shaped wooden hoop body. The neck is (660 mm) long and made of pine wood. Some models have frets, others not or only drawn on.