This innovative product serves as a unique replacement ringer for your telephone and is also a simple meditation timer, all in one. The Tibetan Phone Bell is an attractive decorative accessory that fills your home or office with beautiful tones whenever you receive a call. Simply plug in your phone line, turn off your telephone's ringer, and when a call comes in your phone will ring with the long-resonating tones of the 6 inch brass bowl-gong. The bowl-gong rings every six seconds (the same interval as your phone's ring cycle) until the call is picked up. The Tibetan Phone Bell can also be used as a timer for Yoga, meditation or Any Activity. simply turn the control knob to set the minutes in the LED window, press start, and the timer counts backwards to zero and strikes the Tibetan bowl. Strikes gradually increase in frequency over a 10 minute period. It's a beautiful way to end a practice session or bring a meeting to a close. The striking mechanism can be set on high or low and the sound of the bowl/bell can also be micro-adjusted by moving the bowl into the best-sounding position on the wooden platform. The mute feature prevents incoming calls from disturbing your practice during countdown timing but still allows the bell to sound at the end of the countdown time. Available in your choice of colors, Clear Maple or a Dark Oak Finish. Telephone not included.