• Timbre™ Singing Bowl — hand-hammered solid brass bowl with turned hardwood striker
  • Timbre™ on a live-edge oak table beside a linen floor cushion
  • Timbre™ balanced on an open palm while the striker is drawn around the rim
  • Timbre™ detail — lathe-cut rings, hand-hammered body and turned wood striker
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★★★★★ 4.9 18 reviews

Timbre™ Singing Bowl

Timbre™ Singing Bowl

One note, and the day stops.

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Quiets a loud head20-second sustainHammered brassStriker included

Why it holds the note

Hand-hammering thins the brass unevenly, and that irregularity is what gives the bowl a long beating sustain instead of the short flat clang of a machine-spun shellTwo rings turned below the rim give the striker a defined track to ride, so it grips and sings rather than skidding and chattering across the surfaceUnlacquered brass and a wooden striker head — wood grips the metal where felt or rubber would slip, and no lacquer film sits between them to damp the tone
Hand-hammered brassLathe-cut ringsTurned hardwood striker
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A hand-hammered solid brass singing bowl with a turned hardwood striker. Run the striker round the rim and the bowl holds a single low note for twenty seconds or more — something to end the day on that isn't a screen. Two sizes, each tuned lower than the last.

Product Info

Hand-hammered solid brass, turned hardwood striker

Material

11 cm and 12 cm across the mouth · both approx. 6–7 cm tall

Sizes

Overview

The problem with winding down is that nothing tells you to. The working day doesn't end, it just gets quieter. You put the laptop down and your head carries on running the same four things, and an hour later you are in bed still doing it. What is missing isn't more time. It is a full stop.

Timbre™ is a full stop you can hear. Rest the bowl on an open palm, draw the wooden striker slowly round the outside of the rim, and the brass starts to ring — one low note that swells, steadies, and hangs in the room for twenty seconds or more. You cannot half-listen to it. The note is long enough that your breathing slows to meet it, which is the whole mechanism: not mysticism, just a sound sustained past the point where your attention can stay anywhere else.

Why it rings the way it does is in how it is made. The bowl is solid brass, hammered by hand — you can see and feel the dimples across the belly, no two identical. That worked surface is not decoration: hammering stresses and thins the metal unevenly, and it is that irregularity that gives a bowl its long, slightly beating tone instead of the short flat clang of a machine-spun one. Two fine rings are turned below the rim on a lathe, which is where the striker rides.

Two sizes, and they are genuinely different instruments. The 11 cm sits easily in one hand, speaks a little higher and clearer, and is the one for a desk or a bedside two-minute reset. The 12 cm is heavier, drops the pitch and holds the note appreciably longer — the one to choose if it is going to live in a meditation corner and get used properly. Both come with the turned hardwood striker.

Care

Wipe it with a dry soft cloth and leave it at that. Do not use brass polish or any abrasive cream: polishing compound fills the hammer dimples, dulls the surface unevenly and takes the edge off the tone. Never put it in water or a dishwasher — it is an instrument, not tableware — and dry it immediately if it gets splashed, because standing moisture will spot the brass. Some darkening over the first year is normal and most owners come to prefer it; if you want the brightness back, a little lemon juice on a cloth followed by a thorough dry is enough. Store the striker with the bowl rather than in a drawer, and keep the bowl off stone or tile where a knock could dent the rim.

Materials

Solid hand-hammered brass, unlacquered, with two lathe-cut rings turned below a slightly flared rim and a smooth brushed interior. Supplied with a turned hardwood striker approximately 12 cm long. Verified sizes measured across the mouth: 11 cm and 12 cm, both around 6–7 cm tall. The 11 cm weighs roughly 400 g and the 12 cm roughly 500 g, so both sit comfortably on a flat palm. The brass is left unlacquered deliberately — it will slowly warm and patina with handling, and a sealed lacquer would deaden the ring.

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Timbre™ on a live-edge oak table beside a linen floor cushion

It earns a place on the table

Left out on oak beside a cushion it reads as a warm brass object rather than a piece of wellness kit — which matters, because a thing you have to fetch from a cupboard is a thing you stop using. Out where you can see it, you reach for it.

Timbre™ balanced on an open palm while the striker is drawn around the rim

Flat palm, slow circle

Rest it on an open hand rather than gripping it — fingers round the outside damp the ring. Draw the striker steadily round the rim with light, even pressure. It takes a few seconds to catch, then the note builds and holds itself. Nothing to learn beyond that.

Timbre™ detail — lathe-cut rings, hand-hammered body and turned wood striker

The dimples are the instrument

Every dimple across the belly is a hammer strike, and every strike thins the brass slightly differently. That uneven wall is exactly why the note beats and lingers instead of dying flat. Two turned rings below the rim give the striker its track.

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★★★★★

It's become the signal that work is over

I close the laptop and ring it once. Sounds daft written down but it has genuinely stopped me drifting back to my inbox at nine at night — the note is long enough that by the time it fades I've moved on. Took me two or three goes to get it singing rather than clicking; you have to go slower and lighter than you think. Bought the 11 cm and it lives on the desk.

Daniel O.

Verified buyer

★★★★★

Get the 12 cm if you can

I ordered the 11 first for my daughter's room and then the 12 for downstairs, and the difference is bigger than a centimetre suggests. The 12 is noticeably deeper and I counted about twenty-five seconds before I couldn't hear it any more. The hammer marks are all over the place, no two the same, which I like — it clearly wasn't stamped out.

Rachel M.

Verified buyer

★★★★★

Brass darkens, don't panic

Mine went slightly duller in the first couple of months where my hand holds it and I nearly reached for the Brasso before I read the care note. Left it alone and it's settled into a warmer colour that honestly looks better than the shiny factory finish. Rings exactly the same. The wooden striker is plain but it does the job and I'd rather that than a felt one.

Yusuf A.

Verified buyer

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Frequently asked questions

Which size should I choose?
The 11 cm is the everyday one — light enough to sit on a desk or a nightstand and use one-handed, with a slightly higher, clearer note. The 12 cm is heavier, pitched lower and holds the note appreciably longer, and it is the better choice if the bowl is going to live in a meditation or yoga corner and be used deliberately. If you are buying it as a gift and can't ask, the 11 cm is the safer pick because it suits any room.
Does the striker come with it?
Yes — a turned hardwood striker, roughly 12 cm long, is included with both sizes. It is bare wood rather than felt or suede-covered, which is deliberate: wood grips the brass and gets the bowl singing, where a soft head is better for a single strike but tends to slip if you are running it round the rim.
I can't get it to sing, only click. What am I doing wrong?
Almost always one of three things. First, you are gripping it — rest it flat on an open palm, because fingers wrapped round the outside damp the vibration before it can build. Second, you are going too fast; a slow, steady circle works and a quick scrub doesn't. Third, you are pressing too hard. Light, even pressure on the outside of the rim, just below the lip. It usually takes a couple of laps to catch, then it sustains itself and you can ease off.
How long does the note actually last?
Struck once and left to ring, expect somewhere around twenty seconds from the 11 cm and a little longer from the 12 cm before it drops below what you can hear in a quiet room. Run round the rim continuously and it will hold indefinitely, as long as you keep the striker moving. Hard surfaces make it sound longer and soft furnishings shorter, so it will ring on for longer on a wooden table than on a rug.
Will the brass tarnish, and can I polish it?
It will darken slowly, particularly where your hands hold it, because the brass is left unlacquered on purpose — a lacquer film would damp the ring. Please don't use brass polish or any abrasive cream: the compound packs into the hammer dimples, dulls them unevenly and takes the life out of the tone. A dry cloth is all it needs. If you really want the brightness back, a little lemon juice on a cloth and then a thorough dry will do it without cutting the surface.
Is every bowl the same, or do they vary?
They vary, and that is inherent to the method. Each one is hammered by hand, so the pattern and depth of the dimples differ from bowl to bowl and so does the exact pitch — two bowls of the same size will sit close to one another but won't be identical. Colour varies slightly too, from a paler yellow brass to a warmer bronze tone depending on the batch. If you need two that match for a set, the fair expectation is close, not identical.

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