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Writings of a cupola player.

First contact with electro-acoustic cupolas

First contact with electro-acoustic cupolas

Electro-acoustic handpans are on their way to change how we perceive the instrument. In January of 2019, Meridian Handpans announced their…
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Lauri Wuolio
Feb 20, 2019
How to be controversial in the Hang Drum world?

How to be controversial in the Hang Drum world?

When I started playing hang drum, I was mesmerized (like many) by the simplicity of this new instrument, which was invented 70 years ago…
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Lauri Wuolio
Sep 24, 2017
Are we really playing PANs after all?

Are we really playing PANs after all?

Once after a concert an old gentleman came to talk to me. He was impressed by the music and wanted to know what instrument I was playing. I…
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Lauri Wuolio
Sep 5, 2017
Commercial handpans

Commercial handpans

This post is an edit two of my earlier blog texts that I posted on my personal website. The topic of commercially available handpans and…
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Lauri Wuolio
Jun 6, 2017

Cupolas are not steelpans

Instruments with structural similarities can be totally different instruments, because they connect with different culture.
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Lauri Wuolio
Feb 23, 2017
How to record cupolas and emotions?

How to record cupolas and emotions?

There are many ways to record a cupola. Sometimes too much focus on the technical side can lead away from capturing the right emotion. And…
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Lauri Wuolio
Dec 8, 2016

What makes a great sounding handpan?

Three years ago, when I wrote my essay in which I proposed a new general name for handpans*, I had a plan to start writing a regular blog…
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Lauri Wuolio
Nov 27, 2016
Cupola

Cupola

A short history of a new instrument
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Lauri Wuolio
Oct 18, 2013
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