Gamelan instruments

The UK's leading importer of Central Javanese gamelan is Peter Smith.

Peter is a gamelan tutor and musician and is also established as the UK's leading importer of Central Javanese gamelan, having worked for many years with most of the craftsmen involved in gamelan making in Central Java.

He commissions high quality bronze gamelan from the region of Mocolaban near Solo (Surakarta) in Central Java. This is a thriving centre of village workshops, specialising in bronze gamelan forging, and catering in the first instance for the domestic Indonesian market.

The gamelan are made and tuned by skilled craftsmen and mounted on hand-carved wooden cases which can be painted in colours of your choice.

Organisations for which Peter Smith has imported gamelan include:
red-bullet Bath Spa University
Birmingham Conservatoire
The Cheltenham Festival
Kingston University
Hampshire Music Service
Norfolk Music Works
Sefton Music Support Service
red-bullet University College Northampton
Walsall Music Service
West Sussx Music Service

As an general price guide, a full-sized set using the slendro scale may cost upwards of £8,000 including shipping.

Whenever possble consignments of more than one gamelan will be shipped together which will save considerably on shipping costs. Individual instruments can also be made, and will be shipped with larger orders.

For further details, advice or a quotation contact Peter Smith at: jonoloyo@aol.com
or telephone on 01865 510815

Pak Suhirdjan

Based in Yogyakarta, Pak Suhirdjan has made Central Javanese gamelan for customers both in the UK and USA.

To order instruments contact Suhirdjan and Joan Suyenaga by email at:
joans@yogya.wasantara.net.id

or by post to:
SUHIRDJAN
Gedong Kiwo MJ I/951
Yogyakarta 55142, Indonesia

Phone/fax: +62 274 373841

For details and current price lists go to: www.gamelan.org/suhirdjan