What Are “Booty Taps”? - HandPan Terminology
A recent addition (at time of posting) to the world of HandPan are “Booty Taps”, a phrase believed to have been coined by, ‘Kari Foulke’ (wife of well known HandPan musician, ‘Colin Foulke’), and to...
View ArticleInpex, Apex, and Ding - HandPan Terminology
While “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” might have proven to be one of the greatest mental conundrums of all time - the question of which came first, the “Apex or the Inpex” is a much simpler...
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HandPan in the Sky - Lenticular Clouds
More of a general interest offering, inspired by the amazing photograph to your left (found via Climatologia Geográfica) than anything particularly HandPan related - but as far as we're concerned, a...
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Visiting the Hanghaus(s) using Google Earth
With the Hanghaus - or Hanghaus(s) - being where it all began for those of us in love with the sounds of the Hang, and HandPan, and having not been fortunate enough to this date to visit this...
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Are Stradivarius Style Investment Funds for PANArt Hang the Future?
While buying HandPan, and specifically, PANArt Hang, as an investment, is generally frowned upon within the HandPan community, at time of posting, this hasn’t stopped the price of the most sought after...
View ArticleAlgambra - HandPan-Tinged World Music from Moscow
One album that we’ve been enjoying a lot recently here at HandPans Magazine, after stumbling across some epic performances by them over at YouTube a few weeks back, is the self-titled album by the...
View ArticleAlien Drum by 8Dio - Virtual ‘Hang Drum’ Instrument
If you’re into producing electronic music, Hang/HandPan, cool-looking Alien stuff, or preferably all three, you’ll most likely find ‘Alien Drum’, by 8Dio, of interest. 8Dio is the company founded by...
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Ballistol - For HandPan Rust Prevention
While FrogLube has arguably become the HandPan communities rust-prevention treatment of choice, here at HandPans Magazine, we’re Ballistol users. In the only independent test of corrosion inhibiting...
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Which PANArt Hang Were Sold Under Contract?
You may (or may not) be aware that some PANArt Hang were sold under contract by PANArt to those who purchased them directly from the makers. From time-to-time you’ll see this mentioned within the...
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Gu to Bed - At this HandPan-Shaped Treehouse Hotel
The perfect get-away for the HandPan musician in need of quiet retreat, this giant Handpan-shaped hotel room can be found deep within the thick woods of the Swedish village of Harrads. And while the...
View ArticleThe 'Ohm' HandPan - A HandPan / Steel Tongue Drum Hybrid
Introduced to the world on the 23rd of January, 2015, at the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show, held in Anaheim, CA, comes the ‘Ohm’ HandPan, the result of a collaboration between...
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Cas Cas - The Shaker / Percussion Instrument Used by Daniel Waples
A favourite of Hang/HandPan musician, ‘Daniel Waples’, ‘Cas Cas’ are percussive / shaker instruments native to African countries, that are traditionally constructed from the gourds of the West African...
View ArticleFrom HAPI Drum to HAPI HandPan
HAPI were among the first commercially available steel tongue drum to hit the market, back in 2008, following the invention of the Hang-inspired ‘Hank drum’, by Dennis Havlena. And HAPI have since...
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What Are "Top Shelf" HandPan - HandPan Terminology
You may have heard of the term "Top Shelf" HandPan (sometimes also referred to as "Top Tier") - it is a phrase used often in such places as the Swap and Sale group found over at Facebook, by those...
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The Much-Maligned Caisa (and Other HandPan)
In recent times, there has been a huge amount of negativity sweeping through the world of HandPan. We see some, happy to openly call out instruments such as the Bali Steel Pan, as sounding like: ‘out...
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A Rainbow of First Generation PANArt Hang Bags
If the carrying bags / cases that came with first generation PANArt Hang are not already artefacts of interest, no doubt one day, they will be. Made from a coarse material, with only a small amount of...
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HandPan Accompaniment: Spotlight on the Singing Saw
Following on from our post on Cas Cas (the percussive instrument favored by Daniel Waples), we continue with what may become a series turning the spotlight on to some of our favourite HandPan...
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Minecraft Meets the HandPan - Aria Math, by C418
While the majority of us most likely discovered the sounds of HandPan through a YouTube video shared online, or perhaps through live performance, people continue to discover the sounds of UFO-shaped...
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The Coming of the Oval - "The First Digital HandPan"
While the Oval is not the first attempt at creating an electronic version of the HandPan that we’ve come across (see Sonic Fingers, from 2011, for example). The Oval appears to have a level of...
View ArticleThe Daniel Waples Signature Series of HandPan - from TerraTonz
*Daniel Waples perfoming on the original "Waples scale" PANArt Hang.While Daniel Waples has in the past aligned himself briefly with several other makers of hand- played steel instruments - from Babel...
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