Christine Labroche wrote:

>But are gamelans only made up of percussive instruments? I thought there
>were also strings and woodwind??

They are largely xylophone-type instruments and gongs (gender, bonang,
others whose names I've forgotten) and drums, but also often included a
flute-like instrument (suling) and a two-string bowed instrument
(rebab) as well as a singer.

Dick Hihn