(Ge: reformed; Hu: Babarian fiddle)

The Gehu is a new instrument developed from the Grhu in the 50s in response to the needs of the modern Chinese orchestra for a bass bowed instrument. It has a horizontal round tubular resonating chamber, whose later variant is a large square box with curved sides. The design was inspired by an old grammophone pick-up.

The Gehu has a deep and mellow tone and is mainly used in ensemble. Its four strings are tuned in fifths. Of the several sizes conceived on the same principles, the Da (big) Gehu, and Zhong (middle) Gehu have proved successful.

Since the 1960s a resonance drum soundbox has been added within the chamber, which has produced a penetrating tone quality.