Thai Music Instrument: Plucked

Hello, long time no see.
I'm sorry for leaving this blog for long time because I'm doing my work for translation, especially from Japanese books. But from now on, I'll continue writing my blog.
Let's talk about another kind of Thai instrument: plucked.

Jakay (จะเข้) , pronounced like Jarakay (จระเข้), that means crocodile in Thai and its shape is similar to it. There are three strings on it. One of them is a brass string and it has a lowest pitch. 11 yongs (Bridge) on jakay. Its body is made from jack-fruit tree.
When you play, you have to tied a rope which is tied with plucker like this:

In fact, I've learned jakay before, but not so good. I felt numb on my finger. It is red, also.

There is another kind of this instrument named "Krajappi", a very ancient Thai instrument. However, very few people can play krajappi and jakay is more popular, so krajappi is seldom known. 

Note: Too bad, many pictures of krajappi have copyrights, not creative commons, so no pictures of this instrument. Sorry. But if there are some, I'll post it immediately.

See you soon.