Technical Documentation

for the instruments of

Gamelan Sari Pandhawa

Instrumentation

The main body of instruments played by Gamelan Sari Pandhawa were made by Pak Tentem in Surakarta in 1995 and are in the slendro scale (laras). They arrived here in Eugene, OR in July, 1996. We recently (December 1998) added some pelog instruments to our collection. The instruments and their general descriptions are listed below. Instruments are slendro unless marked otherwise. Instruments not made by Pak Tentrem are annotated as such.

INSTRUMENT		PITCH/RANGE

Gong Ageng		5
Gong Suwukan		2
Kempuls (4)		3, 5, 6, 1
Kenongs (5)		2, 3, 5, 6, 1
Kethuk			2
Kempyang		1

Demungs (2)		7 keys, low 6 - high 1
Sarons (2)		9 keys, low 6 - high 3
Saron Pelog		7 keys, 1 - 7
Peking			7 keys, low 6 - high 1

Slenthem		7 keys, low 6 - high 1
Slenthem Pelog		7 keys, 1 - 7
Gender			14 keys, double low 6 - high 3
Gender Panerus		14 keys, double low 6 - high 3
Gender Pelog (2)	14 keys, double low 6 - high 3
	Scales are 1 2 3 5 6 and 2 3 5 6 7

Bonang Barung		12 pots, low 1 - high 2
Bonang Panerus		12 pots, low 1 - high 2
Bonang Barung Pelog	14 pots, low 1 - 7

Kendang (3)

Gambang			20 keys, 6 - 5			loan from Adam Parr
Gambang Pelog		20 keys, 6 - 5 (scale 1 2 3 5 6)
Siters (2)		13 courses, low 1 - high 3	gift from Widiyanto
Rebab							gift from Widiyanto
Suling							gift from Widiyanto

Tuning

The instruments of Gamelan Sari Pandhawa are in the Slendro scale, a pentatonic scale whose members are numbered 1, 2, 3, 5, 6; and the Pelog scale whose members are numbered 1 - 7. The tuning of these pitches is approximately as follows:

Slendro

1 C# +10 cents
2 D# +40 cents
3 F# -20 cents
5 G# +15 cents
6 B -40 cents

Pelog

1 D# -20 cents
2 E +20 cents
3 F# -30 cents
4 G# +30 cents
5 A# -35 cents
6 B -25 cents
7 C +40 cents

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