Description: The dan-tru is a four stringed banjo having snake skin stretched over the head of the body. The dan-tru has a butterfly shaped arm rest for ease of play and picking, the body is made from a metal reservoire who has detailed patterns cut out from the back, a wooden and a finger board with unusual fretting. The sound of the dan-tru has a big depth it is played. Since I don’t have the tunings I would assume they are in fourths or fifths similar to the four stringed banjos.
A Personal foot note: When a friend of mine and his wife went to Vietnam for a vacation at the time he offered to bring back an instrument. Originally I wanted have a Dan-day (being a lute with a very long neck and body has no back. This is unique for both lutes along with other Vietnamese lutes). Purchased and brought back but they are very large lutes to ship back and the one located in the store was its self not such great quality so I was informed by my friend. I welcome this addition in my collection since I had not had a instrument in quite a while :)