Editing Gong (section)

== Gong manufacturers ==
[[File:Javanese Gamelan Burning Gong.jpg|thumb|right|262px|A {{lang|jv|pande}} (a [[gamelan]] maker) forging a gong in Besalen, [[Central Java]], [[Indonesia]]]]
Besides many traditional and centuries old manufacturers all around China, including [[Tibet]], as well as [[Burma]], [[Java]] and [[Names of Vietnam|Annam]] gongs have also been made in Europe and [[United States|America]] since the 20th century.

[[Paiste]] is the largest non-Asian manufacturer of gongs. 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 Percussion|Meinl]] . Italian company [[UFIP]] make a range of gongs at their factory in [[Pistoia]]. Michael Paiste, outside of the larger family business, makes gongs independently in Lucerne, [[Switzerland]]. Other independent gong manufacturers in Europe include Welshman Steve Hubback, currently based in the Netherlands; [[Matt Nolan Custom|Matt Nolan]] and Michal Milas in the UK; Barry Mason in the UK; and Joao Pais-Filipe in Portugal.

In North America, [[Sabian Cymbals|Sabian]] make a small number of gongs and [[Zildjian]] sell Zildjian-branded gongs which have in the past been made by Zildjian, but current production looks to be Chinese in origin. Ryan Shelledy is an independent gong maker based in the Midwestern United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gongs-unlimited.com/ryshgo.html |title=CLICK HERE for Ryan Shelledy Gongs |access-date=7 August 2016 |archive-date=8 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808082432/http://www.gongs-unlimited.com/ryshgo.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Some of the smaller Turkish cymbal companies have also been seen to dabble in gongs but very much as a sideline to their core business of hand-hammered [[cymbals]].