Frank Perry Massive Vermilion Wand for singing bowls

For larger bowls Handcrafted in England

The ultimate ringing stick, solid and smooth with over two inches of hardwood at it’s widest. Frank Perry’s massive wands have a smooth curve, giving you many options for selecting the angle of contact with the bowl.  The lathed flare at the top is perfectly shaped for resting your hand in. This makes it easy to apply the full the strength of your arm, and tame the wildest singing bowl rim. The weight and ergonomic shape make the entire process of making any bowl sing easy and intuitive. Massive wands are generally quieter than the Nepali ringing sticks when ringing a bowl with a less than smooth edge.

Vermilion also known as  “Paduk” is a hard and dense wood with moderate flexibility.  These characteristics give it the ability to tease out sound, especially higher tones,  from a wide range of singing bowls.

Vermilion has a warm reddish color, hence the same name as the deep red pigment made from cinnabar, an alloy of mercury. Vermilion comes from West Africa. It is not an endangered or threatened species.

Frank Perry has one of the oldest and largest antique singing bowl collections in the United Kingdom. Frank is a master at bringing out individual tones from bowls. One of his secrets are special wands made from fine wood that he hand turns on a lathe at his home in the south of England. The wands are smooth to the touch and finished with a with a nice flair on top. Each wand is unique, as are the individual planks of wood he starts out with.