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"extinct" ?
How can an inanimate, non-living thing go "extinct"?

By definition, something must be alive in order to go extinct and a musical instrument is not alive nor living.

Instead of saying the instrument went extinct, how about saying that "it fell out of use"?

If something is extinct, it cannot be revived; but it can be revived if it only "fell out of use."

Please seriously consider changing terminology/phrasing/etc.

Thank you. 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 04:20, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I will think about different terminology. This comes up across a wide range of antiques. But consider, the concept can apply metaphorically: the instruments live when they are used and are otherwise dead. When they will never live again, they are extinct. Recreated instruments are never the same as the originals, since instruments make music under musical traditions; when those traditions are gone, the new instruments cannot play the same music as before. Jacqke (talk) 11:49, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Number of strings ?  and shape
No where in the article does it mention how many strings any version of the original konghou had.

The illustrations in the article show between 6 and 18 strings. Is this due to the different types or artistic license?

Then there's the shape of the original konghou. It's looks kind of like the British symbol for their Pound currency "£". The modern version is more like a regular harp that is triangular in shape.

I don't see how something with three sides can be compared to the original that only had two sides.

To me, they are not the same instrument.

Plus, no where in the description of the original does it mention any strings looping over a side for it to be "double stringed." None of the illustrations indicate any looping --- another argument, to me, that indicates that the original and modern konghous are completely different instruments.

Thoughts / comments. 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 04:34, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if we know the answer to the question about the number of strings. If there is archaeological evidence, such as wear marks on the necks, I haven't seen it. The other possibility is literature, but what I've seen talks about a reduction of strings from 50 to 25. Both numbers seem really high for this instrument. The concert harp is a new instrument, with the name reused.Jacqke (talk) 11:55, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

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