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My hang-called "Maan"

According to legend, in 1942 or 1943, a 12-year-Laventille on the Caribbean island Trinidad and Tobago named Winston "Spree" Simon gave her a friend large metal drum. When Simon got it back, the drum had been beaten with a martil reaching the concave shape and had lost the tone "special" he loved. The boy began to hit the art p rear drum, trying to recover its original shape and discovered that in doing so, they listened different tones and notes. Just got a four-note drum and this accident was the beginning of the transf ormation metal drum rhythm instrument in a melodic ... read more about the history of steel drum

Many years later in 2000 across the world into the quiet mountains of Switzerland Felix Rohner asked about the steel drum sound. Although a nvironment of steel drums was a very closed and did not admit outsiders (Trinidad & Tobago), the Swiss gradually gave up their heart was made with the knowledge to create and adjust the steel drums. More and more musicians "steel drum" found their way to equip Felix and reached more than 200 groups that worked with steel drums.

was a percussionist in India that she came and asked Felix to create for the percusssión an instrument. I have reached the ears that was not coincidence that this visitor came from India, but was guided by the universe order to recover a lost instrument thousands of years ago. At least that's what I think a wise teacher in India who saw and heard an d hang IJO reproducing sacred vibration and shape instrument is also sacred. The wise man said that this instrument is not new but has existed for thousands of years, but was completely lost, but according to the possibly there any examples of this ancient meditative tool and sacred temple or hidden in some secret place. Felix

created for the musician of India steel instrument and percussion d using all the knowledge he had accumulated through working with thousands of steel drums and was born first and Hang, Hang Breast . Hang means "hand" in Swiss German dialect in Bern.



Hang First, the "Mama Hang"
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The first was great, but Felix fascinated. That was how he began to develop with Sabina Schärer the hang ... narrowed its format and began to increasingly improve the sound and resonance. Felix and Sabina are now working daily in his workshop next to the river "Aare". The hang has become their life plan and enjoy giving life to the steel, making a magic box with sacred vibrations, adjust their creations with their hands personally checking the sound. And are several generations of hangs. Creation is a purely manual creation ... each work is created hang Jando steel with a hammer ... are trained ears imprecindible Happy and Sabina. Each hang tien and base tone in the form of a circle in the crown of the Hang, RE , and sides of the instrument are also 7 or 8 tones in circles. The tones sound different sides in each hang ... hang there that sounds like no .

The hangs have found their way to their owners without great efforts of its creators. People love their sound, portability, as ... magic. The instrument that was circulated for some time through specialty stores instruments, I was so successful that its creators decided to stop the distribution through stores in order to reduce the pressure to produce more. The decision was to give priority to quality and development and not expand the circle of owners to the fullest. Today one of the most important goals of the creators of Hang is to serve the community of players hang "... while gradually expand this community. The distribution of hangs is gone directly ea Travé s factory in Switzerland . The process works so that by word of mouth can get data from Felix and Sabina, to connect with them, you put on a waiting list and may take a year or more until I contacted them personally. Sooner or later when you send an invitation to come and seek your personally hang at the factory in Bern in Switzerland.

to me letter of invitation arrived this month and a half (how exciting!) And chose the date of August 20 to go and get my Hang. I took the plane from Barcelona to Zurich and from Zurich by train to Bern. Since the Bern station is about 20 minutes walk along the river Aar towards Hangs workshop. I got Sabina, lovely person. He left his shop and talked and she showed me and explained its operation Hang gently touching it sa magical tones Cando ... then she gave me the key Hanghaus is down by the river Aar and tell me to test the exposed and there hangs chose the one I liked. Wow!!



I went down a lot of time trying all the different hangs, enjoying the differences between them as a child in a magical toy store .. lol. There were seven tones, and all eight ringing tones (slightly) different. Sure, there was one I liked from the beginning rather than the other, number 0694 of this generation of hangs ... I am convinced that it was this that I chose to Hang me ... I stayed with it ;-) Tonight we got together several people playing in the Hanghaus Hang ... magical moments.



gradually learned to like playing the Hang Loose ... hands and gently. Only a few days have passed since then, but seems to have changed my world. I'm learning how to play, playing the inward I hang ... hang sounds seem to wake up ... Nice! Lindo! Lindo! I use my Hang to create meditative and relaxation music. Probably will use it in my yoga classes and meditation. is a Love instrument. My hang have given the name "Maan" which means "Moon" in Dutch. Maan for their round shape, its creative energy and feminine, the mystery and magic you have, because it represents perfection.



"Maan", change your look completely in a different light ...


What will the future of the Hang?

Many people have already offered Felix and Sabina to learn to create hangs like them (in order to increase the volume of production), but until now, Felix and Sabina prefer to work alone. Not both the technical process that is difficult to convey, but the experience, talent, an ear to adjust it every Hang. Maintaining the quality of the instrument is the ultimate goal of the creators and they resist to expand production and begin to train students (for now). No doubt that Felix and Sabina trying to follow up on the Hang increasingly approaching perfection. It

hope that one day some big manufacturer will begin to create a copy of the Hang, created in large volumes without the manual process or may arise that create small factories like instruments Hang. Will we?

okay ... I thank in behalf of all "hang players" to Felix and Sabina ... bring a lot of magic to the lives of many people through their Hangs. Not only those that play a Hang, but all these viewers are left with their mouths open when they hear the first Hang  I also thank Felix and Sabina and are as they are lovely people, beings of light ... you get in his workshop and hanghaus as your child ... you immediately feel part of their extended family of players hang. players hang a family of very special people ... I'm grateful now form part of this beautiful family :-) I love

Felix and Sabina! ... And I want the whole family Hang players.

A big hug for everyone ... Joost

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