Description: The ronroco is a 10 stringed lute found in Peru and Bolivia in which could be compared to the mandola is to the mandolin. The ronroco is played either solo or with other instruments, charango, guitar and percussion. Often the ronroco is tuned a fourth, fifth or an octave below depending on the size of ronroco.

Anatomy of the Ronroco: Often the ronroco like the charango the ronroco is constructed from a tree trunk. In the case of my specimen its constructed of the same pieces from neck and body although re-attached during the construction of the ronroco. The neck is of some ironwood, rosewood with slightly angled strips of bamboo in the neck for ornamentation. A sound hole is drilled into the ronroco's neck as an acoustic means to amplify the instrument. On the front of the sound board its cut from two pieces of wood a hardwood and what appears to be pine. The same string-set available for charango may also be used for the ronroco.

Ronroco Tunings

2 cemitones above	D-G-B-E-B
Standard	C-G-E-A-E
4 cemitones below	C-F-A-D-A