An Indonesian percussion instrument that is used in gamelan. It normally has 7 bronze bars placed on top of a resonating frame (rancak). It is usually about 8 inches high and is played on the floor by a seated performer.

Sarons come in a number of sizes, from smallest to largest:

• saron panerus (also known as peking)
• saron barung (sometimes just saron)
• saron demung (often just called demung)

The saron is struck with a mallet (tabuh). Typically the striking mallet is angled to the right to produce a fuller sound. Demung and saron barung generally use a wooden mallet, while the peking mallet is made of a water buffalo horn, which gives it a shriller sound. The other hand,is used to dampen the previous note by grasping the key, in order to prevent a muddy sound. On repeated notes, the note is usually dampened half a beat before it is struck again.