Gongs & Tam-Tam Rental
Gongs. Round metal Circles. Generally suspended by cord or rope- coming in several styles:
Tam-Tam- what typicaly comes to mind when you hear the word “gong” is a tam-tam (pictured to the left.) A round plate with a lip folded back around the edge- usually with dimples from the hammering used to shape it. You get the deep rumble at low to mid range volumes and when you hit it hard enough the sound “breaks” releasing a high density wash/splash in the upper spectrum.
Wind Gong- like a small tam-tam without the folded lip. A Similar sound but the higher spectrum shines out at lower volumes giving it a “wispy” character.
Thai gong/Nipple Gong- With a large bump or nipple in the center, these gongs typically have a more present & stable pitch than flat gongs.
Opera gong- Shaped like a small tam tam, striking these gongs hard distorts their shape and changes their pitch, as they settle their pitch returns to normal, causing an awesome glissando which varies in relation to the velocity of the strike.
Bell Plate- *honorary mention* a bell plate has a sound similar to a Nipple gong or a concert chime (tubular bell) but with slightly less focus to the pitch. They are simply rectangles of varying dimensions hung in the same manner as gongs, hence their presence on this list.
Singing Bowls- *honorary mention* also known as “bowl gongs,” “temple bells” or “suzu gongs” among many other names are brass bowls played by running a fiction stick around the rim of the bowl causing it to sing or striking it like a chime getting a bell like tone.
Gongs and Tam Tams at Carroll Music
- Tam-tams or Chinese gongs up to 40″
- Prop 60″ tam-tam (note it has a small crack in the center and can not be played.)
- Wind Gongs
- “Thai” Pitched Nipple Gongs
- Bell Plates
- Singing bowls
