Octavina

Octavina
String instrument
Classification Plucked chordophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification321.321 and 321.322
(Necked bowl lute for roundback, necked box lute for flatback)
Related instruments
bandurria, laúd, mandolin

The octavina or Ecuadorian-Peruvian octavina is a guitar-shaped Ecuadorian-Peruvian instrument with a tuning similar to the laúd. Originally a Spanish instrument, the octavina was soon incorporated into other cultures, notably including culture of Ecuador and culture of Peru.