Ruan                    

          The Ruan ( Pinyin: Ruǎn) Could Be A Chinese Plucked String Instrument. It's A Lute With A Fretted Neck, A Circular Body, And 4 Strings. Its Four Strings Were Erstwhile Fabricated From Silk However Since The Twentieth Century They Need Been Fabricated From Steel (Flatwound For The Lower Strings). 

          The Fashionable Ruan Has Twenty Four Frets With Twelve Semitones On Every String, That Has Greatly Expanded Its Vary From A Previous Thirteen Frets. The Frets Square Measure Unremarkably Fabricated From Ivory. Or In Recent Times, Metal Mounted On Wood. The Metal Frets Turn Out A Brighter Tone As Compared To The Ivory Frets. It's Generally Referred To As Ruanqin , Significantly In Taiwan.