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Choosing the best handpan: what do you pay attention to and what suits you?

What is the best handpan for me? There is a huge diversity of handpans. The best way to make a choice is to play and listen to several handpans. Each instrument is slightly different and has its own unique character. Choosing based on videos has the disadvantage that timbre and resonance usually [...].

Maintenance

Handpan maintenance: care and protection

Why handpan maintenance is important. A good handpan can really take a beating, so being frenetic with it is definitely not necessary! But a certain amount of protection and care will help you enjoy your handpan for as long as possible. Below, we provide advice. However, these are guidelines and not strict rules. You [...]

Handpan selection

Handpan, RAV-VAST or tongue-drum: which suits you?

Should I buy a handpan or tongue drum? The handpan is a fairly young instrument. Moreover, the instrument was very difficult to obtain for a long time. Therefore, when the handpan appeared on the market, people sometimes chose the tongue drum as an alternative, as it is similar to the handpan. This instrument was easier to obtain and also a [...]

Handpan selection

How do I choose the right handpan frequency?

Why choosing the right handpan frequency is important Finding the right handpan can be quite a challenge because there are an awful lot of factors to consider. If you know what key, metal type, scale and builder you want, you're almost there. The last thing is choosing which frequency your instrument should be in. [...]

News

10 years of sound, peace and experience at HandPanShop in Driebergen

Where sound, attention and quality come together. In Driebergen-Rijsenburg, there is a shop that, for many visitors, feels more like a place to unwind than a traditional music shop. HandPanShop is officially celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and is marking the occasion with a range of special offers! What began as a home-based business in 2014 quickly grew […]

History

440 Hz or 432 Hz in a handpan: what's the difference?

In your search for the right handpan, you've probably come across it before. Besides the choice of tuning, material and number of tones, you also have the choice between different frequencies. The most common ones here are 440Hz and 432Hz. We regularly get questions about this. Sometimes simply asking what it means, but sometimes [...]

History

Names of handpicked voices

Understanding all the differences within the world of handpan can still be quite a challenge. First, of course, you have the choice of stainless steel, ember steel or nitrided steel. Then you have all sorts of differences in fundamental tones, ranging from a lovely low F2 to a crisp high F3 (or even higher). Then you also have [...]

Builders

From craft to brand: the story of Chaya®

The story behind the Chaya handpan The story of Chaya is one of extraordinary coincidences, an unlikely meeting between two passionate handpan enthusiasts: its creator, Rastislav Belko, and Henk-Jan Pelle, the owner of HandPanShop. In this blog, we take you on the journey of these two handpan enthusiasts towards creating a unique musical instrument [...].

Handpan selection

Playing handpan together

Matching tunings The handpan is a wonderful instrument to play with others. To inspire each other and learn from each other, but certainly also to experience the richness of the sound of multiple handpans at the same time! How do you choose a second handpan to play together? We therefore regularly get the question: which [...]

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Choosing the best handpan: what do you pay attention to and what suits you?

Handpan maintenance: care and protection

Handpan, RAV-VAST or tongue-drum: which suits you?

How do I choose the right handpan frequency?

10 years of sound, peace and experience at HandPanShop in Driebergen

440 Hz or 432 Hz in a handpan: what's the difference?

Names of handpicked voices

From craft to brand: the story of Chaya®

Playing handpan together

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