Chelempung

Chelempung 1. bonang of C. Sumatra, also called talemon or talimpuen, consisting of 5-7 roughly made gongs in a row, or occasionally in 2 rows of 5 each; 2. a large, trapezoid *board zither of E. Java, usually made of teakwood, set on 4 legs, of which the 2 rear ones are higher than the front ones, so that the instr. slopes downward toward the player; 13 pairs of strings are stretched between hitch pins at the near (player's) end; the tuning pins, at the far end, are set in a curious S-shaped…