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THE EVOLUTION OF A LIFELONG APPRENTICESHIP, GONGLAND’S ROLF NITSCH IS PUSHING BOUNDARIES
THE NEW PREMIUM
Rolf Nitsch started with Paiste in 1977 and worked with master gong makers such as Rudi Bonness over a 20 year period where he perfected his gong making skills. In 2013 he started working with Johannes Heimrath at SONA gongs and helped develop many of the Tone of Life element gongs.
In 2017 Rolf started Gongland and developed a range of gongs that now numbers at least 50 variants from 20”/45cm diameter to 60”/150cm diameter. This includes his ‘Classic’ series featuring gongs called ‘Dark Water’, ‘Old Wise Earth’, ‘Dusk’, ‘Universe’ and ‘Eclipse’. Other gongs include an expanding range of ‘Planet Gongs’ and ‘Advanced Gongs’ which are based on more esoteric concepts. The gongs are made from nickel silver, thicker than Paiste but the same as Tone of Life. No gong leaves Rolf’s workshop until he is very satisfied with it which means that Gongland Gongs are amongst some of the highest quality nickel silver gongs in the World.