Archive for August, 2011

Filed under: How To Play Singing Bowls — Himalayan Bowls @ 4:28 pm  |  Comments (0)

If your singing bowl makes a rattling sound when you play it around the rim, it is not a problem with the bowl. It has more to do with the mallet and also your playing technique. If you are using bare wood, you are rubbing one hard surface against another. So, any lack of pressure [...]

Filed under: Singing Bowl Facts & Myths — Himalayan Bowls @ 12:26 pm  |  Comments (4)

There is a lot of false information about singing bowls on the internet. We have done extensive metal testing at Himalayan Bowls, in cooperation with independent science labs and also with Oxford University in London. Our testing has shown that all handmade singing bowls, both new and antique, contain only copper and tin (an alloy [...]