There is a nice tone to this article that some what manages to summarize it gently. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-10-08/the-handpan-s-creators-want-to-keep-their-invention-pure-it-may-not-survive

Your instrument has typical travel “relaxing” issues ?   Essentially all the tension was “lost” in the 2cm above the rim / below the notes and the bottom hole doesn’t… Read more »

I will be honest in sharing these words : “The only important sounds are the ones that resonate with you .” There is all kinds of steel instruments out in… Read more »

This Podcast with Sylvain and Marc is fascinating, technical and mystical.

… has a sane vision, almost as rare as a good first gen 😉 Check out his blog

Ok so it’s the middle of winter – again. I’ve been spending a lot of quality time with divers types of materials and tuning is becoming second nature – oh… Read more »

So here we are at the start of 2020, fascinating stuff ahead for the vibration on steel communities. Just wanted to put out there that all these new low quality… Read more »

So As you might of realised by now – making handpan is all about, yes being a skilled maker but in the end you must be a good tuner. What… Read more »

Here in Canada, the summer time is precious and must be enjoined before fall catches us again. I find the handpan community has been trough major cultural change / evolution… Read more »

So that hole at the base of the handpan is not to be under estimated and it actually affects many desirable qualities for a great instrument ! it make a… Read more »