- kind which has a diameter of 30-45 cm
- when beaten, gives the sound mong
> CHING AND CHAB
- percussion instrument of the cymbal type
- consists of a pair of cymbals, each of which is made of thick metal, shaped
like a teacup or like a small hollow cone
- played by hitting them together
* KHRYANG TII (made of leather)
> GLAWNG THAT
- is a percussion one utilizing a stretched hide leather
- "glawng" means drum
- used in piphat ensembles since early times
- the added drum is called a male drum which gives relatively high tone
while the other gives relatively low tone which is the female drum
> TA PHON
- rhythm instruments used in piphat ensemble
- placed on a stand and played on both heads with the palms of the hand
and the fingers
- there is a similar instrument in India but played held on lap
> THONE-RAM MA NA
- bowl-shaped instrument
- played by one hand, the other controlling the tone by opening or closing
the open endof the vase like-body
- head used various skin
- known as the throne mahori
- played in combination with ram ma na
- ram ma na is a shallow drum with one head which is about the same size
and very much like a tambourine
> GLAWNG KHAEK
- is a long cylindrical drum made of hardwood
- used in pars and are of different pitches
- higher toned drum as the "male" and the lower toned as the "female"
- played with the palms and fingers of the hand, both drumheads are used
> KHLUI AND KHLUI LIP
- similar to the Japanese flute shaku hachi, Indian flute mulali
- played in vertical position
- three sized evolved in order to commonsurate the sound of an ensemble
- smallest is the khlui lip, khlui phiang aw in the middle, and the largest
among them is the khlui i
> PI
- true Thai instrument since ancient time
- it is usually made og hardwoods, occasionally with marble
- has four small reeds, round pieces of palmyra plam leaves placed in two
double layers and tied to a small tube made of brass, silver or metal
- has a size and pitch half-way between the pi nai and the pi nawk
* KHRYANG PAW
> Khlui
> Khlui lip
> Khlui phiang aw
> Khlui u
> pi
> pi cha nai
> pi chawa
