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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Lightweight Antique Jambati Singing & Fountain Bowl – Low Bb2 & Perfect Pitch F4
£745.00 View Details Compare -
Superior Quality Antique Pedestal Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch A5 – Inscription
£455.00 View Details Compare -
Glorious & Incredibly Rare Huge Antique Temple Ultabati-Lingam Singing Bowl – Sheer Perfection!
£6,250.00 View Details Compare -
Stunning 11 ¼“ Bangladeshi Carved Antique Jambati Singing Bowl – Low Perfect Pitch Bb2
£3,850.00 View Details Compare -
Wonderful 11 ½“ Bangladeshi Carved Antique Jambati Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch F2 & OM
£4,000.00 View Details Compare -
Fabulous 11 ½ “ Hand-Carved Antique Jambati Singing Bowl – Voice of the Buddha – A2
£4,000.00 View Details Compare -
Superb Huge 19th Century Temple Ultabati Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch D2 – OM (2)
£6,000.00 View Details Compare -
Superb Huge 19th Century Temple Ultabati Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch D2 – OM (1)
£6,000.00 View Details Compare -
Glorious Massive Antique Golden Temple Ultabati Singing Bowl – Incredible P. Pitch C#2 – OM
£6,000.00 View Details Compare -
Majestic & Rare 14-Inch Antique Jambati Temple Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch A2 – My Biggest Bowl
£6,000.00 View Details Compare -
Fabulous Huge 13 ½“ Antique Temple Jambati Singing Bowl – Spot-On Perfect Pitch D2 – Sheer Perfection!
£5,200.00 View Details Compare -
Utterly Unique & Fabulous Self-Amplifying Perfect Pitch Multi-Harmonic A3 Lingam
£7,000.00 View Details Compare -
Excellent Large 11 ½ -inch Antique Jambati Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch F2/F#2 Cusp
£2,600.00 View Details Compare -
Glorious 12 ¼ “ High-Wall Temple Jambati Singing Bowl – Low B2 – 2 Inscriptions
£5,000.00 View Details Compare -
Antique Golden Ultabati Singing Bowl – Low Bb2 & F4
£1,385.00 View Details Compare -
Unique 12 ½“ Hand-Carved Antique Jambati-Lingam Singing Bowl – Once in a Lifetime Opportunity!
£8,950.00 View Details Compare -
Magnificent 19th Century 12 ¾” Jambati Ceremonial/Temple Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch F#2
£4,000.00 View Details Compare -
Extraordinary 18th Century Shaman Medicine & Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch Low Bb2 – Super Rare!
£650.00 View Details Compare -
Superb Rare 19th Century Lingam Singing Bowl – Perfect Pitch E3
£750.00 View Details Compare -
Lovely 9-inch Antique Golden Jambati Singing Bowl – 2 Perfect Pitches – Long Sustain!
£910.00 View Details Compare