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Saron

metallophone used in Javanese gamelan to play the core melody
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Saron

Summary

Saron ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Saron is a type of idiophone[2].
  • Saron is a type of metallophone[3].
  • Saron is a type of gamelan[4].
  • Saron is a type of musical instrument[5].
  • Saron's Commons category is recorded as Saron (instrument)[6].
  • Saron's country of origin is recorded as Indonesia[7].
  • Saron's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 111.222[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include idiophone[2], metallophone[3], gamelan[4], and musical instrument[5].

Why It Matters

Saron ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month).[1] Saron has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

Related Entities

Indonesia

References

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
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    Country of origin → Indonesia
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