The sound of gongs reverberated through the Lin household, and all of his six children were immersed in the sound and feel of the instrument all their lives. The youngest child, Lin Lie-chi, is the one who has most shared his father's love of the instrument and its manufacture.
而相繼出世的的六個兒子，打從娘胎就接受敲鑼打鐵的「震撼」胎教，其中尤其以老六林烈旗對銅鑼製造特別有興趣及天份。