PAISTE GONGPaiste (Pie-Stee) is an Estonian/Finnish word which means "shine".SCROLL DOWN BELOW AND YOU WILL SEE OUR GONGS! We want to help you get the best price on a Paiste gong The basic gong tone, the fundamental note of a is brought more alive with its complex overtones that come after the initial strike upon it. It's like hitting a fine bottle of wine, but this one doesn't break! Now we have GONG BAGS for Gongs 28 inches and bigger. Click here People often ask how Paiste Gongs are different than Chinese Gongs. Well, one way is they are made of Nickel Silver. Nickel Silver is a metal alloy of copper with nickel and often, but not always, zinc. It is named for its silvery appearance, but contains no elemental silver unless plated. Many alloys fall within the general term of "nickel silver". All contain copper and nickel, while some formulations may additionally include zinc, antimony, tin, lead or cadmium. A representative industrial formulation, Alloy No. 752, is 65% copper, 18% nickel, and 17% zinc. In metallurgical science, such alloys would be more properly termed nickel brass Hey! It's Mehtab from Austin Texas in this nice video below. Gongs Unlimited sells Mehtab some of his gongs. Enjoy this clear communication about gong and yoga from him. |