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Kulintang a tiniok

Illustration — The kulintang a tiniok, a Philippine metallophone of the Maguindanaon people The kulintang a tiniok is a type of Philippine metallophone with eight tuned knobbed metal plates strung together via string atop a wooden antangan (rack). A Maguindanaon term meaning "kulintang with string," but they also could call them kulintang a putao, meaning "kulintang of metal." The Maranao refer to this instrument as a sarunay (or salunay, salonay, saronay, saronai or sarunai), terminology which has become popular for this instrument in North America. This is considered a relatively recent instrument and surprisingly many of them are only made of tin-can.

Kulintang a tiniok

This is a kulintang a tiniok, a type of Philippine mettallophone with eight tuned knobbed metal plates strung together via string atop a wooden antangan (rack). This instrument in particular is used by Master Danongan Kalanduyan at San Francisco State to teach his kulintang class.

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Illustration — The kulintang a tiniok, a Philippine metallophone of the Maguindanaon people The kulintang a tiniok is a type of Philippine metallophone with eight tuned knobbed metal plates strung together via string atop a wooden antangan (rack). A Maguindanaon term meaning "kulintang with string," but they also could call them kulintang a putao, meaning "kulintang of metal." The Maranao refer to this instrument as a sarunay (or salunay, salonay, saronay, saronai or sarunai), terminology which has become popular for this instrument in North America. This is considered a relatively recent instrument and surprisingly many of them are only made of tin-can.

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