Tuned Gongs

[soundasapound]

Hello, I'm a drummer so I please be gentle with me.  

Please can anyone tell me what the difference is between these 2 gongs:

Gong 1 is 36" in size and tuned to C2/C1

Gong 2 is 36" in size and tuned to C2#/Cis

Also which gong is tuned lower?

Sorry for all the questions, great forum and I hope I posted in the correct part.

[Bob]

The C natural?  I'm not a gong expert though.  C natural is lower than C sharp.

[soundasapound]

Bob,
many thanks.

To be honest I don't know about melody but I can tell you that the tuning is "to a Middle A of 442 Hz" according to my catalogue.

Now that I know that C# is higher that's great info but does anyone know why the 1st tuning is called C1/C2 and what does /Cis mean?

[quantum]

C2 is theoretically lower than C#2.  However, the complex overtone characteristic of gongs may make such close pitches more difficult to hear.  

Did you mean to say C#2 / Cis 1 for gong 2?

What kind of gongs are these by the way?

[soundasapound]

Quantum, thankyou.

They are Paiste Tuned Gongs (the best).

[soundasapound]

C2 is theoretically lower than C#2.  However, the complex overtone characteristic of gongs may make such close pitches more difficult to hear.  

Did you mean to say C#2 / Cis 1 for gong 2?

What kind of gongs are these by the way?

Gong 2 is quoted in the catalogue I have as C#2 / Cis

[Bob]

Bob,
many thanks.

To be honest I don't know about melody but I can tell you that the tuning is "to a Middle A of 442 Hz" according to my catalogue.

Now that I know that C# is higher that's great info but does anyone know why the 1st tuning is called C1/C2 and what does /Cis mean?

Your colleague sounds like a sharp person.

[quantum]

Cis is just another name for C#, or C-sharp.

[soundasapound]

Cis is just another name for C#, or C-sharp.

Quantam, many thanks.

This makes more sense to me know.

[jimbo320]

The number following the note is the pitch group you find on an 88 key piano. So C2 is telling you both the note and the pitch...

[richard black]

C1 is equivalent to what an organist would call 8-foot C, or C two ledger lines below the bass stave, with a fundamental of about 63Hz. C2 is an octave higher and so on.