Gambang gangsa

Gambang gangsa multi-oct. saron of Java, now obsolescent, with 14-15 bars, generally without bosses. It represents an older period when the 3 other sarons did not exist as separate instrs. Also called gambang selukat. If the bars are bossed, it may be called pantu. See also: chelepita, dempling (121). Kunst, Jaap. The Music of Java. The Hague, 1949.