>dombra and qobyz -- these sound like instrument names; does anyone >know what they look or sound like? dombra is an "unfretted plucked lute" picture: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~hervey/khervey3.html or : http://www.csen.org/Kazakhs/kaz.music.html soundfile available here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nomad/Pages/muspop01.htm best James