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Malaysia

[left outside] 
Gendang penganak
(single-headed conical drum)
Malay people, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia,
early 21st c.
Jackfruit wood, cow skin

Gendang joget
(single-headed conical drum)
Malay people, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia,
early 21st c.
Jackfruit wood, cow skin

Gendang ibu
(single-headed conical drum)
Malay people, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia,
early 21st c.
Jackfruit wood, cow skin
[center] 
Wayang kulit (shadow puppet)
Malay people, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia,
early 21st c.
Buffalo skin
Abdul Majid bin Mohd Noh ?, maker

The king character Watak Raja ? (left)
and the queen character Permasurl ?
(right) used on wanyang kult gedek ?
shadow puppet theater.

Kerincing (cymbals)
Malay people, Kedah, Peninsula Malaysia,
early 21st c.
Bronze
Abdum Majid bin Mohad Noh ?, maker

[bottom outside] 

Serunaio (quadruple-reed pipe)
Malay people, Kedah, Peninsula Malaysia,
1987
Wood
Played in the gendang silat ensemble, which
accompanies martual arts.

Serunaio (quadruple-reed pipe)
Malay people, Kedah, Peninsula Malaysia,
early 21st c.
Wood
Played in mask ? mulung ? dance ensembles.
accompanies martual arts.
[right outside] 
Rebub (bowed spike lute)
Malay people, Kedah, Peninsula
Malaysia, c. 1989
Wood, goat skin
Played to  ...ary m...ling and
m... ... dance-drama. Displayed with bow.

Gong
Malay people, Kedah, Peninsula Malaysia,
early 21st c.
Bronze
Abdum Majid bin Mohad Noh ?, maker

Huqin (bowed spike lute)
Chinese people, Sarawak, east Malaysia,
c. 1950
Wood, py... skin,  rattan ?, horsehair
Played in Chinese opera and other
ensembles. Displayed with bow.

In Malaysia, musical theater brings local stories and ancient heroic epics to life.

In northern Malay villages, colorfully
costumed dancers in makyung dance-
dramas perform famous folk tales to
the music of gongs, drums, and the rebab
bowed lute. Accompanied by instruments
such as the pi reed pipe and cymbals,
Malay puppeteers use intricately carved
shadow puppets to portray heroes
and demons in classic Indian epics such
as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. ?
Throughout Malaysia, similar ensembles

accompany most tradional Malay theater
and dance, including Silat, a dance-like
martial art.

Chinese Malaysian temple festivals
frequently feature Chinese opera.
Actors playing warriors, nobles, scholars,
and lovers sing to the sound of huqin
bowed lutes and various other instruments.
The tension of action screens is heightened
by driving percussion.

We read about the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) on Trip Advisor - it was the top rated attraction in Phoenix - and now we can see why! The museum is dedicated to musical instruments from around the world - the collection is fascinating, the exhibits are great and the hands-on displays were fun. We spent almost 5 hours here and still felt rushed - this place is definitely worth a detour.

I know nothing about musical instruments so if you happen to know what a particular instrument is, please feel free to comment on it. I tried to include as many labels as possible.

The museum is in Phoenix, AZ - we visited it in March 2014.

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Source Musical instruments on display at the MIM
Author Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA
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