Purchased in 2015, our second Selonding set is based in New Zealand and is modelled on the Bugbug formation that has 48 keys. It is smaller than our more complete set in Bali and has a lower and different tuning. It is the only one of this type outside of Indonesia as all active sets overseas are based on the common Tenganan Pegringsingan model.
This set is housed in Wellington under our New Zealand non-profit branch called Mekar Bhuana Aotearoa. Apart from our our nuclear family, we don’t have permanent members, but have additions of a number of enthusiastic course students from our gamelan and dance courses in Wellington that we taught between 2022 and 2024 with the support of grants, sponsorship and funding from various governmental and non-governmental organisations in New Zealand.