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Material-also collect from the forest
3 types of genteng:

@ 9Rp 1. Talang - regular, rather square
@ 8Rp 2. Sumpring - regular, rather rounded
@ 35  3. Wuwung - for peak of roof

-way of firing to dull down a layer of wood first 
-are 3 kilns now in the village (Kiln=TUNGKU), only one of which has been tested, that at the house of Pak Paryono
other 2 are under construction 
Pak Paryono seems to be the local godfather and spoke out as their "rep" at the meeting
((method we're using for prelim. survey of PDP villages is to collect 10 or more pengrajin and pengusala at the kal. office- they visit 1 or 2 or more work places)) 
-one tangu can fire about 2000 at a time and cost of building between 50,000 - 75,000; design comes from a model used in Kudus [[?]] and introduced by BAPPIKRA; [[?]] kilns are located at houses of Pak Paryono's, Pak [[?]] and Pak Parman.
pengrajin felt they could make 


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pressed titles if given a press, but marketing would depend on developing contacts
in general they seemed to feel the need for a kiln greater than the need for presses
buyers sometimes order ahead and [[crossed out]] give [[/crossed out]] give about 1/3 advance, but sometimes just come and buy from wherever has & pay cash
-have made tiles for govn. constructions and gave example of SD in press
-There is no special time when they need capital, can use at any time of the year
-a small household can produce 1000 genteng a week, a larger household 2000
limiting factor mainly the number of household members
capital requirements they estimate at 5000 Rp
-some households hire labor 
-some labor is hired borongan - if so those who ngeblok get 600 Rp per 1000 tiles and those who "bla-bakan" get 700 Rp per 1000 titles 
-Those who get paid a daily wage get 300 Rp per day
-are about 100 people in the village