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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 first model with a…

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How to be controversial in the Hang Drum world?

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Are we really playing PANs after all?

Once after a concert an old gentleman came to talk to me. He was…

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Commercial handpans

This post is an edit two of my earlier blog texts that I posted on my personal…

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Cupolas are not steelpans

Instruments with structural similarities can be totally different instruments, because they connect with different culture.

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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 sometimes it is exactly what…

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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 about handpans and my thoughts around them. It never happened, but I’ve come back to the idea lately.