RE: TUNING digest 1494: Chinese Banjo

>(there are many different instruments in this 'family' and
>considerable regional variation in names; identifying the one Paul
Erlich=

>heard would require a more detailed description),

The instruments were indistinguishable from a Western ukelele and banjo,
except for the fretting.

>The ensemble Mr. Erlich described is curious - was there a So-na
(double
>reed instrument) in the group as well?

There was a non-western double reed instrument in the group.