{"product_id":"sundanese-goong-27-c1970-west-java-indonesia","title":"Sundanese goöng, 27\" c1972, West Java, Indonesia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/5444\/6280\/files\/free_shipping10_480x480.jpg?v=1663020212\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI'm a new-age kinda guy, and dragged this back from Indonesia in 1972 on a boat!  If you're as old as I am, you'll remember the '70s - the \"Age of Aquarius\", the mind-body-spirit connection, Eastern Mysticism, Meditation, breathwork, Eastern philosophies (like Hinduism and Buddhism, TM (transcendental meditation), EST, ISA and Ram Dass.  I still live in a hippie community in Washington, but its time to downside and part with my sound bath \u003cem\u003egoöng.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you're unfamiliar, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003egoöng\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a metal gong idiophone of the Sundanese people of Java, Indonesia. It is the largest and lowest-pitched instrument in many types of Sundanese gamelans. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003egoöng\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e is a remarkable product of skilled craftsmen, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas forged by a team of hammer-wielding smiths who gradually transformed a disc of bronze into the shape seen in the picture. This involved numerous cycles of heating the bronze until white-hot followed by a few minutes of hammering. The finished product is an integral vessel with a turned-in flange and a raised central boss\/knob. The contouring of the face of the gong is essential to achieving a definite pitch. The \u003cem\u003egoöng\u003c\/em\u003e is hung vertically from a wooden rack with synthetic rope the ends of which run through holes punched out of the gong's flange. A heavily padded wooden stick beater is used to strike the boss of the \u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003egoöng\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003egoöng \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eby itself weighs ~30 pounds, is 27\" in diameter and about 4\" deep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hugh Tracy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45083696169160,"sku":null,"price":899.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/5444\/6280\/files\/PXL_20260517_010513105_2.jpg?v=1778986787","url":"https:\/\/reticulum.online\/products\/sundanese-goong-27-c1970-west-java-indonesia","provider":"Reticulum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}