This is a 27 Inch Hand-Hammered Nepali Temple Gong One of a Kind

Nepali temple gongs are hand-hammered in the Kathmandu Valley by bronze craftsmen specialists.

This one is 27 inches across, hammered from a bronze in the bell-metal family, patinated dark, and finished with a full iconography that is unique to this one gong.

The central feature of this gong is a naturalistic lotus pond.

Three lotus blossoms rise from still water at the base of the field. The water is shown as horizontal wave lines across the bottom. 

The tone here is a deep G2 held as the dominant voice, with a bright B3 an octave and a third above that adds lift and keeps the bass from feeling heavy.

Played with a soft mallet it builds slowly and opens to a long decay, with shimmer that comes from close partial pairs beating against each other roughly every second or two.

The character is bass-weighted and settles darker through the sustain, as the brighter partials fall off before the fundamental.

Playing will favor a rolled crescendo and it rewards a single clean strike. It sounds like a different instrument depending on how you choose to play it.

At The Ohm Store every instrument is selected as a resonator first and a visual object second.

There is only one gong available like this, and you're receiving the exact gong that's pictured and recorded here.

This gong does not include a gong stand.