Nares-jux

The nares-jux (нарс-юх) or Siberian lyre[1] is a musical instrument, a type of box-lyre, played by the peoples of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russian Siberia.

[2] Various names and spellings include: naresyuk, nars-yukh,[4] naras-yux, nars-juh, nares-yuk, possibly nanus[5] narsus,[6] panan-juh, or shongoort.

[7] In the traditional form, the hollow body of the instrument is carved from a single piece of wood (fir or cedar) around 100 cm long.

One end is pointed and the other is forked into two arms which carry a crossbar to hold the tuning mechanism.

A soundpost is fitted inside the instrument, between the back of the body and the soundboard, to provide support at the position of the bridge.