Large Superior Quality Antique Jambati Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch Bb2

Antique Jambati Singing Bowl – Note Bb2 (116Hz) Crown Chakra
Weight 1.76 kilos (3 lb 13 oz) 11 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches (28.5 x 13.5 cm) 

This is a huge and fabulous antique Jambati Singing Bowl of superior quality with a glorious low and perfect pitch Bb voice with a massive sustain.  The struck note and the rim note are the same beautiful second octave Bb when a padded striker or suede ringer is employed, but the rim note changes to a lovely middle F (350Hz) if a wooden ringer is used.  It ranks among the best sounding Jambati bowls I’ve come across in 30 years of collecting!  This bowl is also capable of producing vibrant fountains if played with a little water inside.

This is a superior quality bowl in every respect…beautifully forged and in an excellent state of preservation, clean and free of blemishes.  It has a deep full-bodied profile, a level lip, and typical decorative incised bands below the rim.  The two concentric circles on the inside floor have been all but worn away with use.  This bowl is silky smooth to the touch…the forging hammer marks have virtually disappeared with the passage of time.

Large Jambati bowls are few and far between.  Less than 1 in 20 will have a voice approaching concert pitch, and only about 1 in 50 will have walls this finely forged, as is evident in the low weight to size ratio.  This large Jambati bowl is as good as they come!  A padded striker and a heavy suede ringer are included in the price.

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Listen: (2 struck notes and 1 played note)

Note: This clip was recorded in haste and does not really do justice to the quality of sound, and for some reason the F4 harmonic initially dominates the first strike. I’ll make another recording when I have time.