A pair of medium-size, vertically-suspended bronze gongs each with a deeply turned-back rim and a raised central boss that is struck with a thickly-padded beater by a single musician. Found in only a few types of archaic palace gamelans.
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The Gamelans of the Kraton Yogyakarta
by Roger Vetter, Grinnell College Department of Music
A pair of medium-size, vertically-suspended bronze gongs each with a deeply turned-back rim and a raised central boss that is struck with a thickly-padded beater by a single musician. Found in only a few types of archaic palace gamelans.
