Siamese Musical Instruments/Illustrations

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Siamese Musical Instruments (1931)
by Damrong Rajanubhab, translated by Royal Institute of Siam

Illustrations

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Damrong Rajanubhab3618452Siamese Musical Instruments — Illustrations1931Royal Institute of Siam

List of Illustrations.

N.B. See from left to right unless mentioned otherwise.

Plate I.	Stringed instruments played by twanging the strings:—
	i. Gourd lute. 2. "Krachappi" lute. 3. "Cha Khe" lute.
Plate II.	Stringed instruments played by drawing the bow across the strings:—
	1. "Saw Ū" fiddle. 2. Three-stringed fiddle. 3. "Saw Duang" fiddle.
Plate III.	Instruments of percussion:—
	Top row:	1. "Bandoh" drum. 2. Multiplo castanets (Krap Puang). 3. Single gong ("Khong Mong").
	Second row:	1. Alto cymbals ("Ching"). 2. Basso cymbals ("Chap"). 3. Two pairs of castanets.
Plate IV.	Instruments of percussion which have evolved from the single gong:—
	Above:	Single gong.
	Below:	1. Set of two gongs ("Khong Khū"). 2. Set of three gongs ("Khong Rebeng"). 3. Set of gongs ("Khong Vong").
Plate V.	Instruments of percussion which have evolved from the castanets:—
	Top row:	1. Alto xylophone ("Ranāt Ek")⟨.⟩ 2. Basso xylophone ("Ranāt Thum").
	Second row:	1. Brass carillon ("Ranāt Ek Thong"). 2. Iron carillon ("Ranāt Thum Lek").
Plate VI.	Instruments of percussion whose faces are covered with skin:—
	1. "Thon" or "Thapon". 2. Javanese tom-tom. ("Klong Khek"). 3. "Song Nā" ("Two-faced" drum). 4. Malay tom-tom ("Klong Malayū"). 5. "Thap" or "Thon" (long bodied drum with one face). 6. "Thut" drum ("Klong Thut"). 7. "Rammanā" (Shallow drum with one face). 8. "Chātri" drum.
Plate VII.	Wind instruments:—
	1. Javanese oboe ("Pī Javā"). 2. "Cha nai" oboe. ("Pī Chanai"). 3. Flute (Klui). 4. "Pī Ō" oboe. 5. "Pī Nai" oboe. 6. "Pī Nok" oboe.
Plate VIII.	National musical instruments of the Siamese which have come down from the past:—
	Beginning from the top right hand corner: 1. Jew's harp ("Chong Nong"). 2. "Naw" pipe. 3. Reed organ ("Can"). 4. "Pī Saw" pipe. 5. "Teng" pipe. 6. "Ray Rye" pipe.
Plate IX.	Brahmin playing the gourd lute.
Plate X.	"Khap Mai" group.
Plate XI.	The "Mahorī" players as in the Ayudhya period.
Plate XII.	The "Grand Mahorī" group.
Plate XIII.	The old "Pī Pāt" of five instruments (with the addition of the "Song Nā" drum and the "Sepā" castanets).
Plate XIV.	The "Grand Pī Pāt" group/
Plate XV.	The "Klong Khek" group.
Plate XVI.	The Royal String-band.