I bought this guy to perform at our local Renaissance fair and named him Johnny Oakenhead (for obvious reasons). Its strings aren't really long enough to dance around, but in my case that doesn't matter because I specialize in small, quiet encounters with our visitors and it's perfect for bouncing up and down on my knee. In the off-season I might swap the strings and crosscontroller. The measurements given include the cords, but the little fella himself measures 10.5 inches or 12 cm from the tip of his pen to the soles of his feet and he is perfect and charming and eager to join me on stage.