There may still be very few handpan makers in the world, and it may mean a trip to find your nearest maker if you want to visit in person. This list will help you locate your nearest. Who makes handpans in America? – Of the 100 or so handpan makers in the world, luckily around 15%…
This is a question I hear over and over again. Any handpan facebook group will also see this question asked by someone just discovering handpans on almost a daily basis and the answer is always the same. Where can I find a cheap handpan for sale? – Cheap handpans are, in most cases, not good…
I know where you are in the process of choosing your handpan. You’ve heard a few, searched some videos and now you want to decide which scale to buy. Which scale should I choose for my handpan? – The scale you choose will be a personal choice. The one that sounds best to your ear….
A handpan sounds incredible on its own but often when scouring the net and YouTube you see them played solely. As a social animal, it would be great to be able to jam with other musicians, so the question begs. What other instruments do a HandPan work with? – The list is only limited by…
When I started getting interested in handpans, it took a while to understand the difference between a hang drum and a handpan. While the answer is very simple, there remains no direct answer to the question. So I thought I would explain. What is a Hang Drum? – The Hang® [pronounced Haahng] is the name…
When I first got interested in handpans, I thought I wanted as many notes as possible to increase the variety of what I could play. I was wrong! How many notes are there on a handpan? – The original PANArt Hang had 8 notes. Further development, experimentation, and evolution of the handpan has witnessed other…
