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Paiste (English pronunciation: / ˈ p aɪ s t i / PY-stee, Estonian pronunciation:) is a Swiss musical instrument manufacturing company. It is the world's third largest manufacturer of cymbals, gongs, and metal percussion. [citation needed] Paiste is an Estonian and Finnish word that means "shine". [citation needed]
This Swiss company of Estonian lineage makes gongs at their German factory. Also in Germany, Oetken Gongs, founded in 2011 by Broder Oetken-former Paiste gong master-offers his own range of gongs. He also built the first generation of Symphonic and Planetary gongs for Meinl. Italian company UFIP make a range of gongs at their factory in Pistoia.
Unlike cymbals, some gongs are made from several different metals fused together. Many different metals have been used. Parts of some traditional gongs, notably the bosses of some "nipple" gongs, are made from iron based alloys. A few independent cymbal makers have also used stainless steel and titanium to produce cymbals and gongs.
The smallest cymbals and the smallest gongs are both about 6" in diameter unless you count zills or crotales as types of cymbal (some do, some don't), if so then the smallest cymbals are smaller than the smallest gongs, and again it's just because a gong that small would be impossible to play, as would most types of cymbal.
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