Ading crafts his own interpretation of a hybrid instrument in warm colors. Known on the island of Sumatra as a banjo guitar it is shaped of mahogany. The sound box is crafted of a maja fruit while four steel strings attach to the curved neck.

Price: $82.95

Crafted and painted by hand three zithers each create their own tones. Ading crafts a trio of traditional Indonesian instruments. With strings placed over a shallow horizontal soundboard the zither is played with pick and fingers. Its steel strings rest on iron screws.

Price: $94.95

Set to serenade with a distinct tone this frog makes for a unique musical instrument. Ading carves the piece from mahogany with extreme care for detail. The smiling frog features a row of spikes that when rubbed back and forth emit a unique sound similar to the amphibian's midnight croak. Ading finds inspiration in the customs of local Indonesian farmers who craft similar instruments to shoo away the birds from their fields.

Price: $24.95

The talented Ading creates this kelempung from mahogany wood and iron. A wooden sound box resonates the frequency of the small wooden part that is held by a piece of iron on the base box. This traditional Balinese instrument is played by beating it with a bamboo stick that has cotton thread wrapped around the tip. Adorned with lyrical patterns it is both beautiful and sonorous. A musician himself Ading handcrafts the traditional musical... (Read More)

Price: $52.95

The kecapi is a singular Balinese instrument much like a zither often lending its melodic sorcery to religious ensembles. This example is crafted from mahogany and plywood as creative and sonorous design extracts perfected tones from the steel strings. The sound box includes a small compartment to store the key used to expertly tune the strings. A wonderful instrument for the lover of world music.

Price: $87.95

A master of traditional Indonesian musical instruments Ading crafts this beautiful xylophone from mahogany wood. Aluminum rods in graduated shapes produce a remarkably clear tone when struck with a wooden playing stick (included). Metallophones of differing types play an important role in the music of the traditional gamelan orchestra both in Bali and Java.

Price: $28.95

Sleek black geometry becomes a handsome traditional cekuntrung guitar hand-crafted by Ading. An instrument with strings placed over a shallow horizontal soundboard the guitar is played with pick and fingers. Ading selects native maja and albesia wood for the instrument with a plywood sound box and metal strings. He adorns it with acrylic paints.

Price: $64.95

Using rich mahogany wood Ading creates this handsome saron (a type of xylophone) also called gangsa jongkok. It is the basic melodic instrument in the gamelan an energetic orchestra at the center of Indonesia's art-music tradition. The importance of the gamelan goes well beyond the pleasure of music and into the realm of ritual ceremony; each instrument in the ensemble is considered a work of art and an object of devotion. Ading first carves the... (Read More)

Price: $157.95

Using rich mahogany wood Ading creates this handsome saron (a type of xylophone) also called gangsa jongkok. It is the basic melodic instrument in the gamelan an energetic orchestra at the center of Indonesia's art-music tradition. The importance of the gamelan goes well beyond the pleasure of music and into the realm of ritual ceremony; each instrument in the ensemble is considered a work of art and an object of devotion. Ading first carves the... (Read More)

Price: $149.95

Ading handcrafts this traditional Balinese percussion instrument from mahogany wood and steel springs. The kelotek or kelotekan is a type of idiophone played by twisting the handle (the narrow inside part) at a steady pace. The balls lash back and forth creating a resounding beat on the hollowed wood of the upper and lower shaft. A musician himself Ading creates the traditional musical instruments of his native Java. He uses rich mahogany... (Read More)

Price: $19.95