It only costing $200 should have been the first red flag. The bubbled steel cost that much, not to mention the hours you have to put into tuning a good instrument. Thanks for bringing awareness to the community with vids like this!
King Ezper Comics Yes, the world of handpans can be tricky sometimes. I hope that my videos help people understand some of the nuances. Thanks for watching!!!
Waqas Ghauri yea they are expensive as far as instruments go for sure. The process is anything but fast or easy though. You have to hammer or bubble out a shell. Do the same for the bottom and put in a gu. Measure out placement for all the notes. Pneumatic press the tones fields one by one. Hours of tuning each one making sure the harmonics on each one is correct and not going to go out of tune from playing. All while making sure they don’t interfere with each other when played. Then stick it back in the kiln to nitrite. Glue the shells together and wait. Then you have to oil and buff it. Some etch logos or put additional clear coats on them. Very involved handmade masterpiece. That’s why you see some makers only offer certain scales. This lets them build something they are familiar with making and reproduce it with less room for error.
Great video with a practical approach as to why NOT to buy these. Do you mind if I share this vid with my customers? I often get requests to tune these and this is a nice way to explain. Well done!
Veritas Sound Sculpture Hi Veritas! Thanks for the comment. Feel free to share, but I didn’t intend for it to be a “Don’t buy this product” video. I just like to educate and let people draw their own conclusions 👍🏼.
I have a question I cannot find the answer for anywhere. I bought a hang drum off of Amazon. It's a company from China. It's made of Nitrogen steel. Got it for about $850. I love my hang drum, but ya can't help but notice that whenever I strike the lowest note at the top, one of the other notes always rings out unless I have my arm resting on it. Is there any kind of home remedy for this? It's not terrible, and I don't think others really notice it too much, but I sure do. Any input at all would be AWESOME! And thank you in advance!
These handpans usually have tuning issues, and you would need to have a professional tuner check it out. I don't advise trying to hammer it out yourself unless you know what you're doing.
@@davesislandinstruments No way I'd take that on. I was thinking more like a dampener like you'd use on a drum set to keep down the excessive vibrating. Tuning is all good on it. I've compared the notes to my music program to make sure. It really is a good sounding instrument. Just that one note that likes to always ring out with the top note. Thank you for the response and advice. Much appreciated!
I would have liked to see the process a bit more, and particularly tuning more of the notes, if nothing else it would provide educational value (hence why I'm here). I bought one just like this for $20 at a garage sale, and I'm not afraid to hit it with a hammer and see what happens... Do you have another video where you show the tuning process a bit more?
Yeh that pan looks nasty! Thanks for the info tho... I have a stainless steel handpan that I purchased from a reputable manufacturer in Germany, quality instrument, it's in a D minor Celtic tunning, but the middle D note has gone a tiny bit out, it's a tiny bit sharp... I live in the Canary Islands so before sending it back to the manufacturer, could I attempt to adjust/fix it myself? What does one have to do with the mallet to slightly lower the fundamental pitch of the note that has gone a bit sharp? Would you be able to share the technique? Many thanks! :)
Hello Christian, I would definitely not suggest that you try to tune it yourself. Just a few wrong hits with a hammer can make it much worse and may damage it permanently. My videos make it look easy, but I’ve been tuning for 30 years! 🤣 It is somewhat common for handpans to go sharp. Stainless can go sharp more easily than other steel. Definitely send it to the original maker for tuning. Good luck!
@@davesislandinstruments That's what thought...that you made it look much easier than what it actually is! Ah well, I might have to ship it back to the manufacturer then to be on the safe side...but don't really like the idea sending off my precious handpan in the post tho... maybe i'll have to personally take a trip to Austria! :) Thanks for your response
I just bought one from Amazon park music brand.. paid around 600 bucks for it half the price of a good brand 9 note one basically … can’t wait to try it iut
I am looking at buying a handpan. Even willing to go out for the best. Just not sure what scale. Definitely a difficult instrument to get into with little musical knowledge
@@davesislandinstruments Its the same. Sounds not that good but still enough for jamming at barbecue. And mine was very sticky, i guess from the clue of the leather. Shop is TomTop and i dont recommend it!!
@@ichliebedich3149 Yep. I’ve seen another one that was sticky, too. Not sure what it is. 🤷♂️ Post a video of you playing at your BBQ!!! That would be awesome! 🎶
It is a complicated procedure to tune a handpan even when it is properly made. Tuning a handpan that is not properly made can be even more difficult, or not possible at all. The customer did not have much money for the tuning fee so I did my best for what she could afford. Also, as a professional, it is not prudent to spend all day working on a poorly made instrument if it will not sound much better in the end. Sometimes I have to give customers bad news. For example, you cannot make a low cost car drive and perform like an expensive sports car no matter how hard you try. Same thing with handpans.
Yeah your not going to get an answer to that. 1. because he is a dealer in hardpans and wants to discourage the purchase of "Cheap Knockoffs" and keep the "hand pan community" "pure" 2. because he doesn't actually know or care about the science of vibrations. So the short answer is Yes! this is absolutely tunable! In fact the cool thing is you can make these out of different metals and they will have unique timber depending on the material! In fact there are a lot of cool things you can do with the concept of this instrument that are not explored.
Thanks for the comment! 🤣 Well, there’s a difference between giving up and making an educated decision to stop. You also have to remember that customers are also part of the equation and may not want to pay for extensive service. Not all handpans are made alike, either. I outlined some reasons in the comments below. The link below explains a little more about tuning. All the best! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v-VwacFZixk.html
