Description
Paiste Earth 38″ Diameter Sound Creation Gong (Purchased in 2021 still in box) like new S/N 202108172
Paiste Earth 38″ Diameter Sound Creation Gong
Paiste have been creating & manufacturing gongs since the 1930s, recreating a traditional – and somewhat mysterious skill – that has been with us for over 3000 years.
This Sound Creation gong is the Paiste 3B Earth tuning in a 38″ diameter.
According to Paiste, “each Sound Creation gong has its own extraordinary and particular sound character” and it’s a guarantee the Paiste 3B Earth version will contain all the varied sound colours and voices promised. Sound Creation gongs are renowned for their impressive, charismatic sounds embodying a wealth of exemplary emotional sensations and feelings. In skilled hands, these instruments will deliver a wide range of harmonics and frequencies desired in therapeutic environments. Naturally, this has given them a place within the field of alternative Western medicine, just as gongs were doing so in far Eastern cultures centuries before the modern world.
The Paiste Sound Creation Earth Gongs differ from one another in various ways allowing each gong to have its own specific personality and form of expression. Charismatic and full in sound, these gongs are a great option for those looking to emotionally connect with their playing.
An interesting note for all of you interested in Paiste Sound Creation Gongs: Visually, there may sometimes be brighter specks in the dark metal. Sometimes they come out more during the making of the gong. The Sound Creation Gongs are not made the same way as the Symphonic Gongs and Accent Gongs, where the front of the gong is scraped, etc.
Sometimes through the process of hand hammering and heating, some speckles remain. These markings are not signs of low quality or unintentional imperfection; they are indicative of the artisanal handmade process of Paiste Gong-making.
See the below video to experience the sound created by this style of gong.
Item Specifications:
Diameter: 38″
Approximate Weight: 30.4 lbs
In order to play a Paiste 3B Earth Symphonic gong, you will need the skill to understand the complex sounds that can be extracted by the nature of stroke. The sound of these gongs can be influenced by their different diameters, weights, striking points and by no means least, the type of mallets used.
All Paiste Sound Creation gongs are handmade and as such, are not mass produced on a factory conveyor-belt level. Any gong order will have a longer delivery time and even though our gong clientèle fully understand this when they make their investment, we need to point out that gongs are not a next-day delivery item.
It seems we are finally waking up to the power and energy generated by gongs in the hands of skilled gong Masters, with Paiste leading the way by offering their vast range of gongs to healers and therapists throughout the Western world.
How do Paiste Describe this Gong?
…unfathomable, dark, mysterious, knowing, allowing, inexorable, kind…
Shipping is available at an addition cost and dependant on location, Collection is also available in person in Glastonbury if preferred.
Once purchased or pre purchase please email healing@crystalheaven.co.uk to receive a quotation for shipping.
