Where did our Gamelan come from?

Two sets of Gamelan were purchased from Yogyakarta, central Java, Indonesia in 1990 when Glasgow was made the European City of Culture. The set currently housed at 77 Trongate, Glasgow is tuned to the seven-note scale (pelog), and is owned by Glasgow City Council. The second set, tuned to a five-note scale (slendro) is housed at the Murray Owen Centre in East Kilbride, and is owned by the South Lanarkshire Council.