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8.7" W x 25.2" H x 5.5" D

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Weight:  0.9 lbs

 

Plywood, albesia wood and maja wood

Instrument Rating: Decorative quality, intended only as a conversation piece

 

Ships from NOVICA Office in Indonesia.




Cekuntrung guitar, 'The Kangaroo'

Abstract patterns in dots and crosshatching depict a stylized kangaroo. Contrasting dramatically with the sleek, dark background, it lends a unique beauty to this zither. An instrument with strings placed over a shallow horizontal soundboard, the traditional cekuntrung guitar is played with pick and fingers. Ading selects native maja wood for the instrument, with albesia wood and plywood. The strings are metal.
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Ading

"Playing traditional music is my hobby ... I said to myself, why can't I make those traditional instruments by my own hand? Then I learned ..."
"Ading is a short and simple name my parent gave me. My life is as simple as my name, but my life shouldn't be as short as it is. I was born on October 17, 1966 in West Java province. Playing traditional music...

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"Ading is a short and simple name my parent gave me. My life is as simple as my name, but my life shouldn't be as short as it is. I was born on October 17, 1966 in West Java province. Playing traditional music is my hobby; I can play most of the traditional instruments. At one point I said to myself, 'Why can't I make those traditional instruments by my own hand?' Then I went about learning how to make them, and in 1991 I opened my own art shop. In 1999 I married a beautiful Javanese woman. She is very helpful in my work - she is the one who watches my art shop in the afternoon. She is also a good wife to me; she makes my work in the shop possible.

"In making various kinds of traditional musical instruments, I use mahogany wood, jackfruit wood, and bamboo. It needs patience and practice to get the right tone from each musical instrument. I'm very grateful for what Novica is doing in promoting my works to the whole world."

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