Chinese Gong & Satellite of Love Stand—26"

The Satellite of Love stand set holds a 26-inch Chinese gong chosen from 17 styles and includes a traditional Chinese gong mallet.

Dark Star gongs combine thick metal and a deep rim with an unlathed rim around a fully lathed interior. Solar Flare gongs focus their tones with concentric bands of lathed and unlathed circles on a flat face. Subatomic gongs are Chau-form gongs with an extra lathed band on the outer rim.

The Satellite of Love stand is a metal tripod with the adjustable height of a cymbal stand and the gong-holding arm of a gong stand. Gong weights run 12 lbs 6 oz to 17 lbs depending on style. Activities often associated with creativity, learning, and leisure can also play a meaningful role in cognitive and emotional well-being.

Reading, writing, listening to music, and playing an instrument do more than provide entertainment or creative expression. Research suggests that these activities can help individuals explore, express, understand, and regulate emotional experiences. Music has been associated with emotion-regulation processes and mood management (Peters et al., 2024; Chong et al., 2024), expressive writing has been linked to emotional processing and reflection (Pennebaker, 2018), and reading has been associated with emotional understanding, empathy, and perspective-taking (Rezende & Shigaeff, 2023; Luperini, 2021). These activities also engage cognitive systems involved in language, attention, and memory (Kunert et al., 2015; Maess et al., 2001; Patel, 2003; Yurgil et al., 2020). Musical and linguistic activities draw on shared neural resources for processing structured information, including syntax (Kunert et al., 2015; Maess et al., 2001; Patel, 2003), while music training has been associated with working-memory processes and executive functioning (Yurgil et al., 2020). Reading, writing, and music may support emotional well-being and cognitive development while strengthening communication, memory, attention, emotional understanding, and self-regulation.

Details

• Product: Chinese gong and stand set
• Gong size: 26"
• Gong styles: Atlantis, Atlantis Chau, Atlantis Wind, Chau, Chocolate Drop, Dark Star, Dark Wind, Deep Breath, Deep Breath Chau, Eventual Horizon, Lunar Flare, Mother Tesla, Solar Flare, Subatomic, Trilogy, White, Wind
• Stand: Satellite of Love stand
• Stand material: Metal
• Stand measurements: Adjustable Height 37" to 57"; Total Length of Hanging Arm 21"; Base Width 24"; Base Depth 22"
• Mallet: Traditional Chinese gong mallet
• Gong weight: 12 lbs 6 oz to 17 lbs
• Gong origin: China
• Gong appearance: Photo shows an example of the style; individual gongs differ

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