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RONEAT DEK
Description
The
Roneat Dek was once called the “Gold Roneat Ek”. The Roneat Dek is made of metal and is an
ancient percussion instrument used in the “Pin Peat”
orchestra. It is believed to have originated from the
Royal Courts before the Angkor period.
This
instrument is by far the plainest of all the Roneats and
is rarely covered with ornamentation on either the bars
or the sound box.
The
sound box is supported by four legs and is made of
hardwood such as “Neang Nung” or “Beng” and is around 90
cm long, 18 cm wide and 35 cm in height. The Roneat Dek
had twenty-one sound bars, all of which are made of
bronze, hence the name “Gold Roneat”. Around 4 cm wide,
the bars range from the lowest sounding, a round 30-cm
long, to the highest in pitch, which is 23 cm long.
note: click on the
sound link to listen to the sound of the instrument.
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