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The Javanese Gamelan Instruments
(Rainbow Silhouettes)

Click on the image or follow the links below for more information about Javanese gamelan instruments. Not all of the instruments have a descriptive page yet. You can also view a clickable photograph of the instruments (64 KB).

Silhouettes of the UW Javanese gamelan instruments.

• Bonang.
• Saron, demung, and peking.
• Slenthem.
• Gendèr.
• Gong ageng, gong suwuk, and kempul.
• Kenong.
• The drums (kendhang).
• Kethuk and Kempyang.

The hanging gongs (in violet):

Gong ageng, gong suwuk, and kempul (all described on the gongs page).

The horizontal gong instruments (in shades of blue):

Kenong, kethuk, kempyang, and the bonang.

Thick metal bar instruments (in shades of green):

Saron, demung, and peking.

Thin metal bar instruments with resonantors (in shades of red and pink):

Slenthem and the gendèr.

And other instruments... (always under construction)