A hammerin 'man Lin Wu's first gongs measured about 60 to 70 centimeters across, but that was only the beginning. He then set about the task of developing a bigger gong with a sound that would be more sustained, deeper, could carry farther, and would resonate more steadily.
成功地打造音質絕佳、直徑兩尺或兩尺四的銅鑼後，林午更進一步開始打造尺寸更大，聲音也更長、更深、更遠、更沈、更穩的大鑼。