The nylon cord holds on the resonator and acts as a loop around the copper string, bringing it to the stick.

The nylon loop acts as the nut on a guitar, the place below which the string vibrates and sound begins.

[4] Harmonics may be adjusted with the left hand by moving it to open and close the seal of the gourd against the player's chest.

[4][6] When the United Nations helped Cambodia to assess its cultural heritage, the kse diev was considered to be the country's oldest musical instrument.

[7] According to ethnomusicologist, Patrick Kersalé, "the first iconography [of the kse diev] in Cambodia dates back from the 7th c. in Sambor Prei Kuk.