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Khim Plous (means-the twin Khim) is a newer version of Khmer stringed instrument which has development after Takhe Plous. It was invented by Bophavann Chetha Oudom with the ideas of his father, Sak Bophavann, in 2012. There are steel strings and bridges on the both sides (above and below) of Khim Plous. There are two rows of 8 bridges for Khmer pitched scale on a side and two rows of 12 bridges for Western pitched scale with haft notes (b & #) on the other side. The rows of bridges made of wood with the bone above them.
Khim Plous (means-the twin Khim) is a newer version of Khmer stringed instrument which has development after Takhe Plous. It was invented by Bophavann Chetha Oudom with the ideas of his father, Sak Bophavann, in 2012. There are steel strings and bridges on the both sides (above and below) of Khim Plous. There are two rows of 8 bridges for Khmer pitched scale on a side and two rows of 12 bridges for Western pitched scale with haft notes (b & #) on the other side. The rows of bridges made of wood with the bone above them.
Khim Plous is shaped like a butterfly. Its body is
made from a jack fruit wood with a soundboard on the top and below made of thin
light wood called Spung. There are metal pegs at each side from left to right
of the instrument sufficient for the number of strings; on the left side, for
tying the strings, and on the right side, for tuning. The strings are stuck
with two bamboo hummers.
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The performance of Khim Plous by Bophavann
Chetha Oudom
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