Chalung

Chalung xylophone of W. Java, consisting of 12, 14, or 16 graduated bamboo tubes closed by a node at the bottom, with the top cut back about half the length so as to form a tongue. The tubes are strung together like a ladder and suspended by the smaller end from the wall of a house or from a tree; played with 2 padded beaters (121). Kunst, Jaap. The Music of Java. The Hague, 1949.