Engineering:Cekuntrung

Cekuntrung

A Cekuntrung from private collection.
String instrument
Classification	String instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	(Composite chordophone)
Developed	Indonesia

Indonesian Cekuntrung at the Casa Museo Del Timple, Lanzarote, Spain.

The cekuntrung is a stringed musical instrument from Indonesia.

It has 4 or 2 strings in single courses. The strings are often made of metal, but sometimes of nylon or fishing line. It can be in the form of a lute/oud or a harp.

References

• The Stringed Instrument Database
• ATLAS of Plucked Instruments