Full
list of current Instrumentarium: -
2 PAISTE Symphonic Gongs 7" & 34", 8 PAISTE Tuned Symphonic Gongs C2, D#2, G#2, D-3, F#3, A-3, E-4, & F-4; 3 PAISTE Sound Creation Gongs - Sun Gong, Earth Gong #3A & Earth Gong #3B, 3 PAISTE Planet Gongs - Sun Gong, Venus Gong, & Platonic Year Gong; then 13 Chinese Gongs (including 3 Cloud Gongs, 1 Tiger Gong & 5 Jin Ban Gongs - Chinese opera Gongs) & 3 Chinese Boss Gongs (new & antique), 1 Chinese Wind Gong; 1 antique Javanese Gong, 5 antique Burmese Kyezees, I large antique Horizontal Chinese Gong, 4 antique Eastern Flanged Gongs, 3 antique Burmese Bossed Gongs; 1 Horn Gong and 1 Shell Gong by Steve Hubback;
5 PAISTE un-tuned Sound Discs; 7 PAISTE tuned Sound Discs (for both I invented a special way of mounting, adapted for bowing. The Tuned set are called by me 'Planicerv');
14 pairs Tibetan Ting-shag (pairs of invocation cymbals - 4 small, 9 medium & 1 large), 4 antique Tibetan Ting-shag (single meditation cymbals with bone strikers); 215 Tibetan Singing Bowls; 2 Lingam Bowls; 31 Tibetan Hand bells (Drilbu - 5 large, 17 medium, 5 small, & 4 very small), 9 Tibetan Bells,
3 Hanuman Hand bells from India, 2 large & 1 medium antique Chinese Resting Bells; 15 Chinese Resting Bells; 5 sets of antique Chinese & Japanese Bell Trees; Ming Dynasty Chinese temple bell; Set of (3) 400+-year-old Japanese Zen Buddhist Temple Bells (Densho); 9 Thilbu or Bhutanese Singing or Resting Bowls; 3 Burmese Chime Bowls; 8 Japanese Uchinarishi - Dobachi - or also called Keiso (small resting bells); 3 Crystal Glass Bells (fruit bowls); 18 Upturned Bells (Nectarine - invented/adapted by myself - both Western & Eastern small bells); 17 assorted bells - including several Swiss bronze cowbells; set of 6 Glass Bells (CONA coffee percolator funnels); set of 10 Noah bells from India; 2 Mayan Bell Balls, a range of antique Goat bells, Sheep bells, Cow bells, Camel bells & Indian Elephant bells & Greek fishermen's bells, plus strings of Indian Crotal bells, small Indian Elephant bells, Indian bells, tiny Spherical Crotal bells from India, Medium Spherical Crotal bells from India; various single Indian bells;
18 finger cymbals from various countries; 5 medium to very large authentic Chinese Cymbals (Wuhan); 24 Western Cymbals (PAISTE, antique K. Zildjian, & anonymous hand-made cymbals); I small hand-made cymbal by Steve Hubback; 1 pair of antique 17th century medium Chinese large bell Cymbals; 1 pair of small antique Burmese large bell Cymbals, 6 small authentic Chinese large bell cymbals.
3 ‘Maya’ balls; 3 found Hubcaps; 1 'mini car' gear wheel; set of Pentatonic Bell Bars; Bleffert Chrometallophone; Large Walterphone, 11 assorted drums; 1 Chinese Xylophone; 1 Child's Glockenspiel; Set of Pentatonic Tuned bars, various Shakers; 12 Skull blocks; various Chinese Woodblocks; 2 South American Rainsticks; 3 Chinese Hsiao (or 'end-blown' Bamboo Flutes); 3 Chinese transverse Bamboo Flutes; 1 antique Sacred Conch Shell Trumpet from India; two small Triangular-shaped plates made by Steve Hubback, one small bell hand-made by Steve Hubback.
:- 7 Ufoms, 3 Pyrotahermeezees, 5
Pyrahermeezees, 1 Spirotapetal, 3 Trianguhermeezees, 20 Petalumines; 3 Sun-Ray (or Bell Plates, or
Sound Plates); various home-made Tubular Bells; numerous home-made wind-chimes
(brass, bamboo, glass, stone, seashells); home-made
4.5 foot long 'end-blown' Overtone Boo Flute; one end-blown Bamboo flute, 9 home-made Conch Shell trumpets.
So something like a total of 43 Gongs; 71 Cymbals; 312 Bells; 12 Strings
of Bells; 215 Tibetan Singing Bowls; 50 miscellaneous Metallophones; 11 Drums;
17 assorted Woodblocks and the rest.