I bought an amazing Tibetan bowl. It sings in at least 1,542 tones all at once. (I made up that number, but it DOES have more ringtones than a 21-year-old's cellphone.)
The problem: The only way I could get a good sound was if I held the bowl or placed it on a body part. If I asked it to sing ("striking" or "hitting" sound like such violent words for what one does in order to hear a Tibetan bowl) while it sat on the floor or a table, it would sound awful - just an irritating vibration.
The solution: I saw that I could order little cloth stands that look like donuts and that gave me the idea of making my own cloth stand. In order to do that, though, I would have to pull out my little used sewing machine, hoping that the last time I broke the needle, I also replaced it.
OR
I could ask "What Would Goodnight Gram Do?" Which I did. Then I promptly sat down and knitted a donut for my bowl.
Viola! It works superbly!
You can see it peaking out from under the bowl in the photo above.
Oh, I wish you could hear the beautiful chime!
I've always wanted one of those- have fun with yours!
ReplyDeleteI TOTALLY get the knitting thing. I'lll bet the bowl sings beautifully. Hey! And you were knitting yesterday!
ReplyDeletewow, that is so cool ... enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteThomas,
ReplyDeleteIf I were a rich person, I'd buy you a bowl and send it to you. They are so wonderful.
G.G.,
ReplyDeleteI do my own unskilled version of knitting. ;-) But my donut works and I'm happy - and so is my bowl.
Thanks Sabi!
ReplyDeleteExcellent problem solving, Carol. NOw, record the sounds the bowl makes and send them to me. OK? [:-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bowl and brilliant solution. The drumstick thingummyjig looks like it has a ball of wool at the end of it - but it could just be my eyes.
ReplyDeleteHave you discovered the high-pitched tone that keeps skunks away?
Hey Nick,
ReplyDeleteI have no recording devices that I know of. And if I recorded the sound, you'd miss feeling the vibrations. I think this is a whole body bowl...
Dancing,
ReplyDeleteYeah, it looks like someone makes these drumstick thingummyjigs by putting a bunch of yarn on the end of a stick they found in the woods. Then they charge a bunch of money and people like me, instead of going out into the woods and finding their own stick to add a ball of yarn to, pay too much money for something we could have made almost as easily as a knitted donut.
If I didn't like sleep so much, I just might check out your idea by taking the bowl out back and ringing it, hoping it doesn't work like a Pied Piper's flute for skunks.
You're right, Carol. I must locate my own bowl. I really enjoy sound mediation. Ooooooooooooohmmmmmmmmmm.
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I've got one of these that fits perfectly in the palm of my hands and rather than hitting it I use the solid wooden side of the stick and roll it around the outer edge of the bowl until it begins to hum at a low frequency then slowly builds up and resonates really beautifully, and loud. You probably already know you can do this though haha
ReplyDeleteC.M.,
ReplyDeleteI have a smaller bowl, too, and I have been successful at getting it to sing a couple of times. It's something that takes practice - and a certain feel for it.
I bet it's a beautiful experience to hear your bowl sing!