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The Tarhu is a new form of spike fiddle, created by instrument maker and musician Peter Biffin.

The tarhu design uses a unique acoustic system, where the string’s vibrations are transferred to a featherweight wooden cone suspended within the body. This design creates extremely sensitive instruments with an unprecedented range of tone colour variations.

The efficiency of the cone system has also given these instruments a very large dynamic range.

The basic principle that defines the tarhu is the wooden cone suspended in a spherical body, and this concept has now been applied in many ways. Some of the instruments thus created are offered below.

The Tarhu is a new form of spike fiddle, created by instrument maker and musician Peter Biffin. The tarhu design uses a unique acoustic system, where the string’s vibrations are transferred to a featherweight wooden cone suspended within the body. This design creates extremely sensitive instruments with an unprecedented range of tone colour variations. The efficiency of the cone system has also given these instruments a very large dynamic range. The basic principle that defines the tarhu is the wooden cone suspended in a spherical body, and this concept has now been applied in many ways. Some of the instruments thus created are offered below.
Types of Tarhu
	Longneck Tarhu A highly flexible instrument that can be either bowed or plucked in a range of styles from East and West. MORE

	Kamancha Tarhu Based on the quintessential Spike Fiddle of the East, found from Azerbaijan through to China MORE

	Nak Tarhu Designed for playing styles that use the middle of the left-hand fingernails to fret the strings. MORE

	Tarhui A small form of longneck tarhu, tuned an octave above it's big brother MORE