Hand Cranked Drum Machine

Here's a awesomely simple, hand cranked drum machine. I gotta make one of these:

Musical Furnishings Percussion Table

Here's a super cool new product from Musical Furnishings. It's a musical table with interchangable instrument panels. It's called the Rumba Series. It's available in 4 sizes (2x2, 2x4, 3x3, 4x4). Prices range from $800 to $2900.



Link: http://www.musicalfurnishings.com/

Comparison of 2008 Hang Drum to prior years

The Hangblog has an excellent entry describing the differences between different model years of the Hang Drum from Panart.



Link: http://www.hangblog.org/2008/03/10/the-integral-hang-meets-its-siblings/#more-53

Video: Integral Hang Drum

Here's a recent video of the 2008 Hang Drum model from Panart. This video provides you with a 'tour' of all of the sounds possible from this instrument.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNx2Z4bFD-s

Another great Hang Video

Great Hang Video

Manu Delago Hang Music

I discovered Manu Delago's hang music. This guys plays some wonderful music on the Hang Drum.

I love this video:

US Hang Manufacturers

Rumors abound that there may be some new US manufacturers entering the market with new Hang-style instruments. After some research this morning I discovered that at least one new US manufacturer has a website up and running and is talking about a new product release. The company is call "Blackbells". Website: Blackbells


There is another US pan drum company considering making a Hang-Drum style instrument, but no official news yet. The company is the Pantheon Steel Drum company.

Dennis Havlena - "Hank Drum"

This is an awesome discovery for those you (like me) to own a "Hang Drum" by Panart, but can't afford to buy one (last one went for $6K on Ebay).

Dennis Havlena, a legendary DIY instrument maker has invented a poor man's version of the Hang Drum, made out of a new propane tank. You can check out the building instructions on Dennis's website: http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/for-webpage-lp-hang.htm

There are also several video's on YouTube of this instrument:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=propane+hang+drum

Here are some of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpMS15kJyOY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LYgxb5J9SI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIcxIw5kYHA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLgzNXjP4W4

Here's a ebay auction of a custom one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180178930068