Nicely put together, has a pretty, sustained tone. I use this for mediation/chanting practice. Others use a Tibetan singing bowl or something of that type, but living in a NYC apartment I wanted something with a minimal footprint and zero inscriptions etc. This does the trick for a low-low price. In fact, the tone might be a little too sustained for repeated ringing, as my practice requires. Just so you know. Btw I'm still a Christian--this is just "on the side"! No groveling in front of graven images or anything. I mean really, we gotta draw the line people!