Selompret

Selompret wooden shawm of Java, with slightly conical bore, flaring bell, 6 front fingerholes, and a rear thumbhole. It is not found in gamelan. In the ancient Hindu-Javanese literature it was called pleret. Ca. 45 cm. (18 in.) long. Also called serompret, sompret. See also: saronen, serunen, tarompet, tetepret (121). Kunst, Jaap. The Music of Java. The Hague, 1949.