My extensive collection of Sound Instruments: From local makers to across the Globe including links to where to buy for yourself!
Handpan in Celtic B-minor made by Rebecca of Spirit Handpans, sold by Skinny Beats in Asheville
Koshi chimes, selection of 4, sold by Brooklyn Healing Arts
11” German handmade crystal pyramid, no longer available
Facebook marketplace haul from a woman named Joy liquidating her sound business & me subsequently acquiring my own:
28” hand-hammered bronze wind gong from Wuhan (A village in China where they have ceremoniously hand-hammered gongs for years)
18” Meinl sea drum available with Brooklyn Healing Arts
D & F note crystal singing bowls from Om Shoppe in Florida
Various hand-hammered Himalayan singing bowls straight from Nepal
16” Elk medicine drum, birthed with Drum Doula
22” berillium copper Voblong Gong from Val Bertoia of Bertoia Studios (There is a beautiful intersection between my bloodline [my father’s work] & my spirit and this lineage)
34” Chau gong from 9ways Academia Gong Camp, sold by Steve Weiss Music
G & C (musical fifth magic) Freenotes wave sold by Brooklyn Healing Arts
22” Heng gong from Steve Weiss Music
Angelic Biosonic tuning forks sold by Brooklyn Healing Arts
Locrian flow chime sold by Brooklyn Healing Arts
Bear rattle & third eye rattle from Sunreed Instruments in Vermont
C-C Shruti Box by a maker in India
Monochord (D-A-D) by a maker in the Ukraine
Gifted two Himalayan singing bowls from DKNY
C & G Biosonic tuning forks sold by Brooklyn Healing Arts
Gifted Tingshas
Crystal horse rattle birthed with Drum Doula
Gifted goat hooves shaker, turtle shell & wooden rattles, bells
18” Buffalo drum birthed by Drum Doula
Rainstick dream sold to me from my dear friend & sound colleague, Sarah of SKY Sound, by a maker in Pittsburgh
19” nickel silver Gong handcrafted in Italy by Grotta Sonora, sold to me by Sarah of SKY Sound
A collection of multiple crystal & bronze singing bowls sold to me in retirement by John Blase
Drone flute in F by Miguel of Singing Tree Flutes
36” nickel silver El Viejo Gong by Shawn Aceto
22” Zildjian wind gong. When someone asked me in a coffeeshop line “Do you want more gongs?”
16” Wuhan Chau gong
Note about makers:
Rebecca of Spirit Handpans & Billy of Skinny Beats are located in Asheville, NC
Mia Luz of Drum Doula is located in Pennsylvania & travels for her ceremonial offerings.
Jarrod of Brooklyn Healing Arts is located in Vermont and now has a storefront that you can visit by appointment.
Bertoia Studios is located in Bally, PA and available to visit by appointment.
Steve Weiss Music is a warehouse located in Willow Grove, PA and has first pick of Gongs into the USA.
Shawn Aceto is an artisanal gong maker based in Rhode Island
Grotta Sonora is an artisanal gong maker located in Italy.
… and this isn’t even including all of the hundred+ mallets, gong stands & cases oi! This also will certainly be updated as my instrument repertoire expands.
