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Hand-beaten · straight-walled · low F
A tall, straight-walled thadobati with a flat base and high sides — the form that holds a note longest. Fundamental sits around low F, with a sustain past ninety seconds.
Only 2 in stock. Handwork cannot be reordered to an identical specification.
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Request a quote for this| Material | Bell bronze (seven-metal alloy) |
|---|---|
| Technique | Hand-raised (hand-beaten), hot-worked |
| Dimensions | 22 cm diameter × 11 cm high |
| Weight | 1.9 kg |
| Unit | piece |
| Made in | Patan, Lalitpur |
| Producer | Patan metalworking workshop |
| Item code | AEX-BWL-201 |
| HS code | 8306.29 Indicative. Final classification is decided by the customs authority at the port of entry — give this to your broker as a starting point, not as a ruling. |
Thadobati is a shape, not a brand: straight high walls, a flat bottom, a plain lip. The proportion is what makes it a good singing bowl rather than a good-looking one — a tall wall has more metal to move and takes longer to give the energy back.
This one was raised by hand from a cast bronze disc, hot, over about two days of work with repeated annealing cycles. The hammer marks are not decorative; they are the record of the process. Struck with the suede end of the striker it gives a clean fundamental you feel in the sternum. Rimmed, it takes about four seconds to speak and then simply keeps going.
No two hand-raised bowls have the same note, so the pitch given is the one measured on this piece, not a specification we can repeat.
Hand-raised (hand-beaten), hot-worked — Patan, Lalitpur.
Sourced from Patan metalworking workshop.
Singing Bowls & Ritual — Patan, Lalitpur. See the rest of this category.
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Dry cloth only. Bronze darkens with handling and most owners prefer it that way; if you want it bright, tamarind paste or a proprietary brass polish, buffed dry. Never a dishwasher.
Retail orders leave Kathmandu within two working days of payment clearing and are tracked throughout. Free over $150.00; a flat $24.00 below that.
Import duty and tax in your own country are not included and are payable by you. We declare goods at their real value.
Thirty days to return anything unused and in its original packaging. Food, tea, spices, honey and cosmetics are not returnable once opened, which is a food-safety position rather than a commercial one.
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