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buying a gong

patbbpatbb Veteran
edited April 2010 in General Banter
Hello,

I would like to buy 2 gongs.

One medium or big,

One Vipassana gong
(I notice they always use the same gong for the retreats everywhere)

Anybody have suggestions on where to buy?

I would like the Vipassana gong to be authentic, meaning same material, same tone...

Also I'm under the impression that the tone of the gongs are adjusted to get a precise note, anyone have some info that i could consider?

What about material, anything i should be looking for? anything i should stay away from?


This is just for fun, it's not very important but somewhy i would like to get proper gongs so I will appreciate any help.


Thank you very much and have a great evening!

Comments

  • PietroPumokinPietroPumokin
    edited April 2010
    also consider crafting your own from discarded metal or other gong-suitable material! should be a good project! but if you're looking for a PRECISE tone then SCRATCH that
  • absolutesmileabsolutesmile
    edited April 2010
    I'd say buy from an reputed source cause there are many fakes all over the place.
  • patbbpatbb Veteran
    edited April 2010
    absolutesmile wrote: »
    I'd say buy from an reputed source cause there are many fakes all over the place.
    but who is a reputable source?

    I know i can get some pretty cheap stuff from china town...

    But i don't know what could be a "reputable" source.

    I dunno any thai Buddhist stores or anything.
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