Soundbox: Oregon spruce Pine
Fingerboard:Jacaranda
Type of wood:Jacaranda
Soundhole: Round
Strings:Nylon
Tuning Pegs: Metalic Material
Bridge: Los Andesn Jacaranda and bone frets
General Features:Equalizer System ARTEC FS4
Tuning:C E A D (South American version. 4th string, "C", is octaved)

Approx.Size:
Lenght: 92 cm (36.22")
Width: 32 cm (12.60")
Height: 12 cm (4.72").

Also believed to be a descendant of the "guitarra", is the "tiple". Although others believe it was derived from smaller "guitarrillos", also of Spain. An instrument used in Puerto Rico since the early days of the Spanish colonial era, the tiple may have 3, or 5 strings. Tuning differed widely by region.In Puerto Rico the tiple was often used for accompaniment on sacred ocassions or together with the cuatro and bordonúa in secular orchestras for ballroom dances such as the minuet or waltz.