Charango A String Instrument

The charango is the oldest string instrument in latinamerica with a 10-strings set and a very particular tunning.The brand is coro, a local luthier very important in the handcraft charango construction.This instrument has a special feature: Strings are not set out from treble strings to low ones, like the rest of the string instruments. From 1st to 10th strings the are tunned as follows:1 + 2 = e octave3 + 4 = a5 = e6 = e octave7 + 8 = c octave9 + 10 = gSo, can you imagine how it sounds??? You can email me so i can send you some audio file samples. All of them play in unison except strings 5 and 6; being together but playing with an octave difference.The main wood for this instrument construction is the bolivian mara, a kind of wood it can only be found in bolivia region in latinamerica.Just dare to try this instrument, there are different types depending on the kind of wood.