The Chau is the gong most sound healing practitioners start with, and most never outgrow.
Start with soft strokes and it blooms. Each stroke adds to the last, building a wide, warm wash that keeps growing the longer you play. There's nothing sharp for the ear to latch onto, so attention settles rather than analyzes. That's why it works under a room full of people lying down, and just as well for one person at home.
Already working with bowls? A Chau works with bowls harmoniously, adding low end and long swells to a session.
Hand-hammered bronze, with the dark center and rim that give the Chau its depth. Mallet included. Stand sold separately.
Where the Chau builds, the Feng opens.
A flat wind gong with no turned rim, the Feng speaks immediately: bright, full-ranged shimmers, with a fast attack and a decay that clears rather than lingers. It cuts through a room instead of filling it.
Most practitioners add one after the Chau for contrast. Use the Feng to open or close a session and let the Chau carry the long stretches in the middle. Together they cover a ground neither do alone.
Hand-hammered bronze. Mallet included. Stand sold separately.
Two gongs, two jobs. Most practitioners start with one and add the other once they know how they want a session to move.
Deep, sustaining, fills the room
Start soft and let it bloom. Each strike adds to the last, building a wash that keeps growing the longer you play. Chau gongs produce complex vibrational qualities depending on the strike.
Bright, fast, clears the air
A flat wind gong with no turned rim. It speaks immediately, shimmering and full-range, with a fast attack and a decay that clears rather than lingers. It cuts through a room instead of filling it.
Working with both? The Feng marks the transitions. The Chau carries the long middle.
You don't need to lead a sound bath to own a gong. Plenty of people play one just for themselves: a few minutes at the start or end of the day, as part of a meditation or mindfulness practice.
There's no training required to start. Warm the gong with soft strokes, let the sound build, then stop and listen as it fades. Strike, listen, breathe, and repeat.
A 24" Chau on a floor stand is an easy place to start at home.
Diameter decides how much room a gong can fill and how long it sustains. Bigger isn't automatically better. Pick for the space you actually play in, and for whether you need to move it. Tap a size to see what it's built for.
6" - 14"
Travel and one-to-one work
Small enough to carry to a client's home and set up in a minute. Quick decay, modest volume. Works best as an accent alongside a larger gong rather than as the only instrument in the room.
16" - 24"
Treatment rooms and small classes
The first size with real presence, and the best place to start if you're playing for yourself. Enough to fill a living room, treatment room, or small studio without overwhelming it, and light enough that one person can hang and move it alone.
28" - 32"
Group sound baths
Where most practitioners who lead groups land, and the size to buy if you’re running sound baths with one gong. Enough surface to build a sustained wash across a full room, and still manageable for one person to set up. Most people who start here never need to go bigger.
36" - 40"
Large rooms and halls
Long sustain and a deep low end you feel as much as hear. Needs a proper stand, and usually two people to hang it safely. Worth it when the room is big enough to let the sound open up.
44" - 60"
Installations and concert halls
Permanent setups and orchestral work. Enormous sustain and a dynamic range that runs from barely there to overwhelming. Our stands fit gongs up to 48″, so plan the stand, the ceiling and the doorway before you order one.
Every gong ships with a mallet. Stands are sold separately.
What arrives in the box, and what you'll want alongside it, so nothing at checkout is a surprise.
Mallet
Every gong ships with a mallet, so it's ready to play the day it arrives.
Stand
Gongs hang from a stand, which is sold separately. Match the stand to your gong's diameter.
Every gong hangs from a stand, sold separately. Match the stand to your gong's diameter and you're set.
For most practitioners
Fits 6″–48″ gongs
Ideal for a home practice space or studio, and built to stay set up long term.
$240.00
Full stand details
For the travellers
Fits 6″–48″ gongs
For practitioners who move between gong sizes or play in more than one location. Wheels make it easy to move.
$275.00
Full stand detailsNot sure which fits? Tell us the gong you're looking at and we'll point you to the right stand.
A gong starts as a flat disc of bronze. What turns it into an instrument is thousands of hammer strikes, each one changing how the metal moves when it's played.
You can see them on the finished surface. That texture isn't decoration. It's the voicing, and it's what makes our gongs so unique.
Hammered by hand
Every mark on the surface was put there by a person, not a press.
Same Manufacturing Since 2007
Since our inception in 2007, we've had the same sets of hands putting the care and effort into each and every instrument.
Trusted by Orchestras
Played by symphony orchestras around the world. We take pride in being one of the top voices in hand-hammered bronze gongs.
Bronze only
Every Dream gong is hand-hammered bronze. No nickel silver.
Trusted by professionals, used in practice.
"Dream gongs are the highest standard of quality and the craftsmanship is evident in their presence. I adore my 52" Chau and 44" Wind from Dream. Each contain an entire world of sound that it would take a lifetime to truly explore. I know I can rely on Dream to find the right gong for the sound I need."
"What I’ve always loved about Dream gongs is their beautiful tone: a deep, enveloping resonance with a clear, mesmerising fundamental that you can really settle into. For soundbath work, that combination is wonderful – the sound has presence and depth without needing to be overly complex."
Tell us the room you play in and how many people you usually work with. We'll recommend a gong, a size and a stand that fit.
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