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kendhang paneteg ageng

The kendhang paneteg ageng (right) and kendhang paneteg alit (left) of the gamelan monggang K.K. Gunturlaut.

A large membranophone with two hoop-mounted hide heads attached to a wooden shell by laces running back-and-forth the length of the instrument. Sliding rings surrounding pairs of these laces allow the performer to adjust the tension and pitch of the drumheads. The shell is shaped like a truncated cone, but with a very slight bulge near the wider end of the drum. Rests horizontally on a stand and only the larger of the two drumheads is sounded, the performer striking it with a stick beater that has a hard wooden ball at its end. It is sounded in combination with a kendhang paneteg alit, which is sounded either by the kendhang paneteg ageng player or a separate drummer. Found only in a few archaic types of palace gamelans.

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