[Bambam]

I've got three Wuhan chinas - a 10", a 14"ad an 18". The 10 incher is a cross between a china and splash - explosive trashy explosion with sharp decay. The bigger ones have a definite musical quality, especially the 18" which is brash and gongy. The 14" has a more high-pitched washy timbre. Try this for tone searching - I mount the 10-incher bell down above the 18-incher bell up, separted by a thin felt. The Wuhan bells are traditional chinese shape, and are quite high and solid. When you crash quickly between them and accent contemporarily with the snare, the power is unbelievable, an the rapid decay adds to the waddahelldidhedo factor! And don't be deceived by the price - I swapped out my Paiste chinas for these.