China Zhicheng Pole Co., Ltd. was established in 1996 and specializes in pole, stick, rod, flagpole and crutch business. As a professional chapman stick manufacturer, we are not only selling our own products, but also helping customers to develop products, control quality, and handle all shipment. Our cheap and custom chapman sticks products are renewed everyday and meet TUV/GS approval standards. By continually improving the quality we have earned the trust and support of buyers in Germany, Denmark, the UK, the USA, Norway, Austria, Canda, Amercia, Sweden, Korea and Japan.

The Stick is an electrically amplified instrument loosely related to electric guitars and basses. To generate sound, the strings are tapped with the fingers, not plucked or strummed. Because only one finger is required to generate a note, unlike typical guitar playing where you must select a note at a fret and trigger the string with the other hand, all your fingers are free to tap. Its range is close to that of a piano (a standard 10-string Stick has a range of 5 1/4 octaves). Some have compared a Stick to a clavichord as closest in sound quality. The Stick is the result of the vision of one man, Emmett Chapman, who sold his first production Stick in 1974, and is still actively developing and producing the instrument today.

The Chapman Stick found enthusiastic players since its first production run in 1974. One night in New York at the 5-Spot, Joe Zawinul, who had already made a name for himself with Miles Davis and Weather Report, picked up Emmett's Stick, climbed up on a table and with much gusto and showmanship tapped away, playing the instrument quite well. The rest of Emmett's band joined in and off they went on an impromptu concert. Zawinul was so impressed, he bought one of the first five Sticks ever made. Later Emmett would see a young bass player named Alphonso Johnson playing with Zawinul in Weather Report. Bass legend Tony Levin bought a Stick from Emmett in 1976 and was using it live and in the studio with Peter Gabriel as early as 1977. The Stick is now a main part of Levin's arsenal. He has tapped his Stick on albums by Laurie Anderson.

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