Paiste Planetary Gong — Chiron
151.27 Hz
Nearest note: D♯3, 48 cents below standard tuning
Paiste’s Chiron gong. Its pitch is the maker’s choice and does not come from Cousto’s method.
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About this number
Paiste tunes its Chiron gong to 151.27 Hz. This figure is Paiste's product tuning. It does not match Cousto's tables. Chiron takes roughly 50.4 to 50.8 years to orbit the Sun. Doubling the frequency of that orbit until it can be heard, as Cousto's method does, gives about 171.5 to 172.9 Hz. That is what Cousto's tables list for Chiron. This site could not find a published account of how the 151.27 Hz figure was derived. Paiste names the gong by its lowest tone, D#2 at 75.64 Hz. That is the same note one octave lower, which means half the frequency. Chiron is a small body that orbits the Sun between Saturn and Uranus.
What is said about it
What is said, not what was measured
In planetary gong practice this gong is associated with Chiron as the "wounded healer", with work on core wounds, and with the teacher archetype.
Facts
- Frequency
- 151.27 Hz
- Wavelength in air (20 °C)
- 2.27 m
- Nearest note
- D♯3, 48 cents below standard tuning
- Refers to
- Paiste product tuning; derivation not documented
- Kind of statement
- Instrument
- Filed under
- Instruments & gongs
Sources
- Paiste — Planet Gongs
The maker’s own figures for each gong’s fundamental note.
Paiste AG, Planet Gongs: product specifications.
View source: Paiste — Planet Gongs
More about the pitch
The same note in every octave
Each step doubles or halves the frequency. Tap one to hear it.