In China the chau is traditionally used in social settings to announce the arrival of a special guest or leader. It is also popularly used as a siren to alert people & to signal important events.

Although chau gongs, especially large ones, are attention grabbers, they are also dynamic instruments which add lots of flavor, texture and expression to any percussion set-up.

Chau gongs will give you an authentic gong sound that produces a strong fundamental tone with lots of overtones, a wide range of volumes, pitch variation & many more musical dynamics. Finally, the larger the chau the more overtones and dynamics it will produce.

12" Chau Gong with Stand - 12" Gong WITH c-shaped Stand

Small Chau Gongs - 7"- 12" Chau Gongs withOUT stand

15" Chau Gong with Stand - 15" Gong WITH c-shaped Stand

Wuhan Medium Chau Gongs 15"- 28" Chau Gongs withOUT stand

Medium Chau Gongs with Stands 22", 24", 26" & 28" Chau Gongs WITH Stands

Large Chau Gongs 30" - 52" Chau Gongs

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Wuhan Chau Gongs

Chau Gongs are often called "diplomatic gongs".

Chau gongs have the longest sustaining notes of all the Wuhan Gongs.

Chau gongs that are 18" and larger have strong overtones.

The chau gong is used as an attention grabber. It is used in settings where an announcement or big event is going on.

In China it is traditionally used in diplomatic & political settings to announce the arrival of a special guest, leader or event.

It has also been used to alert people, as a siren, or to signal a special time or event.

The Chau gong can also be used as musical gong.

The Chau gongs gives you a distinct gong sound that is responsive enough to produce overtones, a wide range of volumes, pitch variation & more.

Artdrum offers the entire Wuhan Chau Gong series, which is a total of fourteen (14) different size Chau Gongs. The sizes range from 7" to 50" in diameter.

Every Gong comes with Wuhan' s industry leading one year damage free warrantee. If you gong breaks at anytime during the first year in which you own it Wuhan will replace.