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...act as a resonating chamber. Most often the wooden bars may be set on insulating material and pinned in place along two edges of a resonator box or suspended above it with cords. The Indonesian gambang is an example of the former and the Thai ranat family of the latter. Both styles are widespread in Southeast Asia, as are their designs in...
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