The Glong Pong Pohng is a folk drum of the Northern Region. It has 2 leather faces. The body of the drum is similar to the Tapone Thai of the Central Region. The body is made of hard wood such as ebony, Makhaa, etc. The two faces of the drum are stretched with leather strips or cords crossing over the body of the drum. The drum is placed horizontally on the stand in the same way as the Tapone Thai of the Central Region.
         The large face of the drum is about 23-25 centimeters in diameter, while the small face is about 19-21 centimeters. The body of the drum is about 45-47 centimeters long, placed about 40-43 centimeters high from the floor. There is no handle for carrying on the upper part of the drum and the faces of the drum are not applied with lacquer as in the Central Region drums.
         Before beaten the “Jaa”, a mixture of mashed steamed sticky rice and ash, or a mixture of mashed rice noodle (Khanom Sen) and ash of the wood of the longan tree, or a mixture of mashed sun-dried banana and honey, is fixed to the central part of the drum’s faces. Such mixture is made according to each drummer’s formula. Originally when fixing the “Jaa” on the faces of the drum, the musical pitch is not tuned. However, at present some schools tune the drum with the Klui Meuang to the 5th interval by tuning the large face to the western ‘Do’ pitch and tuning the small face to the western ‘Sol’ pitch.
         The Glong Pong Pohng is widely played in the Pii Pat Kong ensemble or the Glong Teng Ting ensemble. It is normally played together with the Glong Teng Ting. Besides, it is also played to accompany the rhythms in the Salaw-Saw-Seung ensembles in typical unique styles of this kind of Glong.