The Hang Family
It seldom happens, that different versions of the hang are together in one place at the same time. A few days ago such a rare moment took place when I visited PANArt in Bern and found a lonely 2006 built hang among the crowd of 2007 built instruments in the Hanghaus. Having my first generation hang with me I used the golden opportunity to take a picture of almost the whole hang family.
In the front row on the right you see one of the great-grandparents of the hang, the ghatam. On the left the grandfather sat down: The prototype hang built in the early 2000.
In the second row today’s used hanghang are presented. On the right a first generation hang built in 2005, in the middle a second generation hang from 2006 with it’s upper surface of annealed brass and the new ring of brass around the circumference and on the left the newest 2007 built hang with the modified, diagonal placement of the tone fields which causes yet another sound improvement.
Here the three children of the hang family are shown in a line. From left to right: 2007 – 2006 – 2005.
August 26th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Nice one. Glad you had a great time there and thanks for the pictures of the grand-daddy Hang for hangfan.
Ahhh…what a beautiful bunch of instruments!!
Take care,
Torbz
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September 10th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Hello!
i am professional musician and would love to buy a hang drum as soon as possible.i have also a question,is is possible to learn build a hang and be in your team?there are so many many people who would appreciate to get a hang and wait for reply…
September 17th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Hi Westwind,
das hangblog isn’t the website of the hangmakers. I’m only a hangplayer interested in providing reliable and helpful information about the hang. I suggest to send a letter or a fax to the hangmakers. You will find the adress here.
December 6th, 2007 at 1:31 am
G’Day Michael,
Just found some pic’s.
http://www.gja.ch/NEW/Galerie/Hang/pages/Werkstatt.htm
You may like them.
February 11th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
thank you
April 8th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Hi, mi name its Jesus, I`m from Mexico, i`m working in spain sharing the traditions of ancient ceremonies; This weakend I was in a ceremony and someone brought this beatiful instrument; we discover that it was the sound of love and armony and the ancient spirits of this land responded to that sound; I will like to have information how to get one.
thanks
Metakuye Oyasin
All my Realtions
April 8th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Hi Jesus,
information about how to get a Hang you can find in the article How do I acquire a Hang?
June 19th, 2008 at 5:22 am
Hey, i a percussionist, who absolutely loves the hang, and im interested in how the prototype hang might sound, think you might post a video of it sometime?
June 19th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Here is a video I found on YouTube today : http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=wkiiJGIGGtI
The prototype doesn’t sound very well when you compare it with the developed Hang. It was a spontaniously built first idea put together in January 2000.
July 24th, 2008 at 2:20 am
does the scale in which the new 2008 Integral Hang comes in have a particular origin? Is it one previously used in other generations?
July 24th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Hi Ranganatha,
the scale of the Integral Hang has no ethnomusical origin. The Hang makers understand the tones of the second generation and Integral Hang not as a scale but as a sound model centered to the D. If we understand the D as basis we can say, all of the notes belong to the D minor scale. The sound model used for the Integral Hang was also used for some Hanghang of the second generation. More about Hang sound models you can find here.