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 lotus with two inward-facing peacocks.

A large lotus blossom rises from curling vine work in the center of the field. Two peacocks stand on either side of the lotus, with their long tails curving down around the flower. A dotted circular disc sits above the lotus, and the surrounding border is filled with floral and vine ornament.

The tone here is a deep G2 held as the dominant voice, with a quieter D3 above it that gives the sound a clear fifth without pulling attention away from the bass.

Played with a soft mallet it opens quickly into a low, centered sustain, with a small amount of higher shimmer at the front of the strike.

The character is bass-weighted and steady through the decay, as the brighter partials fall away early and leave the G2 as the main body of the sound.

Playing will favor a single clean strike and a slow roll that lets the low tone gather without crowding the sound. 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.

A stand is not included with this gong.