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life the journey of the masters of industrial gamelan gamelan Wirun village, district Mojo Laban, Sukoharjo district, Central Java, not oscillation semerdu barrel barrel produced. The struggle to support their families with a problem of production is uncertain due to lack of orders and rising production costs. Whereas in the hands of the masters of the art that the preservation of traditional music and the senses remain intact.
Soaked with sweat, covered in soot, coal and splashed into the dark room besalen (gamelan workshop available) to a friend their daily lives. The sound of the compressors to keep the sound is still burning furnace and hammering the metal into the rhythm of the show. It is not unusual strains of Javanese traditional songs and laughter to release just tired.
Copper and tin are the main components bronze gamelan composition with 7:03. For example, a bell, which weighs 10 kg, 7 kg is required copper and 3 kg box. tin prices reached USD. 175 000 kg of copper and 75,000 Rp / kg every production costs are very high. While necessary for the burning of charcoal costs have risen due to the difficult to obtain.
Make gamelan is inseparable from the skills of the masters of making this industry is highly dependent on the existence of a master's increasingly rare for young enthusiasts. To create a gong, which was the most difficult, usually in one day, by a group of 10 artisans. Manufacturing pay Rp a gong. 500,000 to be distributed equally. As for the barrel of another gamelan not need a lot of masters.
Or masters have the expertise to a type of gamelan making. However, each will serve a besalen asked to do a set of gamelan YAG takes about 2-4 months. The price of a whole series of bronze gamelan PR. U.S. $ 250,000 - $ 350,000 Rp.
Known as gamelan as a musical instrument unique in the international community to also orders from different countries. This condition is a bit on the craftsmen can breathe with relief, hoping that the capital assistance or supply of raw materials. Thus the relationship between the demands of family life in harmony with the spirit of maintaining the tradition of the noble civilization of the ancestors
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