Concert Pitch Singing Bowls
Concert Pitch antique singing bowls are much in demand by sound therapists, musicians, and collectors, but unfortunately Himalayan bowls rarely conform to the Western chromatic scale, and perfect pitch examples are extremely uncommon across all bowl types. Antique bowls that are still in reasonable supply such as the Thadobati, and to a lesser extent smaller Jambati, are more likely to yield the occasional perfect pitch specimen…while rare forms like the Mani and Lingam are much less likely to. The fact that a bowl has perfect pitch alone does not necessarily make it worth collecting, as other important criteria must also be met such as its quality, ease of play, and physical condition.
All of the concert pitch bowls here are from my own private collection. I have done my best to accurately meter and identify notes, but antique singing bowls are complex multi-harmonic instruments and their sonic properties are sometimes difficult to determine and record. All my bowls have been metered with a Korg Orchestral Tuner (OT-120) and the excellent ‘iStroboSoft’ application which I also use to identify a note’s frequency. I meter both the struck note and the played rim note. The resulting numbers are then located on a chart that lists the exact frequency for every note in each octave, so that I can assign the name of the note with some degree of confidence. Concert or Perfect Pitch means that the note has been metered at the exact frequency associated with its precise position on the chromatic scale. However, in practice a couple of Hz either side of exact is barely perceptible, especially in the higher octaves, and perfectly acceptable as Perfect Pitch. There are currently over 50 Concert or Perfect Pitch Singing Bowls in my collection.
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Rare Large Antique Golden Lingam Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch Eb3 (156Hz)
£785.00 View Details -
Rare Large 18th Century Lingam Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch G#3 – Inscription
£1,250.00 View Details -
Extraordinary & Mysterious 18th century Divination, Singing & Percussion Bowl
£800.00 View Details -
Rare Antique Lingam Singing Bowl – Lovely F3 & Perfect Pitch C5
£1,120.00 View Details -
Characterful Rare 17th-18th Century Lingam Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch E3
£1,000.00 View Details -
Fabulous Large Superior Quality 19th Century Remuna Singing Bowl – Perfect A3
£685.00 View Details -
A Rare Pair or Set of 2 Extraordinary Antique Singing Bowls – Both Perfect Pitch
£2,500.00 View Details -
Rare Large & Extraordinary Antique Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch C#3 & Inscription
£1,350.00 View Details -
Superb Rare 18th Century Lingam Singing Bowl – Incredible C#6 & Inscription
£660.00 View Details -
Extraordinary Superior Quality Antique Naga Singing Bowl – 2 inscriptions (1 crossed out)
£495.00 View Details -
Attractive 9 ½” Mid 20th Century Golden Jambati Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch C3
£695.00 View Details -
Extraordinary & Mysterious 18th century Divination, Singing & Percussion Bowl
£800.00 View Details -
Wonderful Rare Superior Quality 18th Century Lingam Singing Bowl – Perfection!
£1,500.00 View Details -
Rare 18th Century Fine-Wall Lingam Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch F3 & Incredible Bb4
£760.00 View Details -
Huge Multi-Harmonic 13 ¼” Jambati Singing Bowl – P.P. E2/F2 Cusp & Long Sustain
£1,950.00 View Details -
Interesting Rare Matched Pair Of 19th Century Lingam Singing Bowls
£1,500.00 View Details -
Rare large 18th Century F3 Thadobati-Lingam Singing Bowl – Magical Marks
£950.00 View Details -
Rare Antique Lingam Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch G#3 – Long Inscription
£720.00 View Details -
Rare Perfect Pitch A3 Antique Lingam Singing Bowl with Inscription
£1,200.00 View Details -
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Massive Superior Quality 13 ¾” Jambati Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch Bb2 – Inscription
£5,200.00£3,945.00 View Details