Information on the Hang in the year 2011
In 2011 PANArt continues building the Free Integral Hang as in the last year. It is not tuned to the pitch A = 440 Hertz and no different scales will be made – not even on individual request. The price for a Hang including natural fibre case remains 2000 CHF as in recent years (since 2008). Due to the changing of currency rate the price in Euro is adjusted and will amount 1600 € in this year.
Having moved the workshop in January to new premises in the same building PANArt recently invited customers for a visit in Bern to choose and pick up their Hang in the period from February to June. The majority of them were already informed about the Free Integral Hang in November 2009. They had applied but couldn’t get a Hang in 2010. But some sent their request for a Hang only in the first half of the year 2010. In some weeks further prospective customers from 2010 will receive invitations for the second half of 2011.
Before writing a letter to PANArt anyone interested in a Hang should read the texts Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer published in the Hang Library. As in past years you can contact PANArt for a Hang request only by letter. Neither e-mails nor people who show up unannounced in the workshop will be considered. The example of the customers who are invited this year demonstrates that it may take many months before receiving a response to a letter with a Hang request. In the case of an invitation it is necessary to visit the ‘Hangbauhaus’ in Bern to pick up a Hang personally. No Hanghang will be shipped.
April 1st, 2011 at 10:28 am
Hi, I am in Australia and I would love to get one. How can we get this magical instrumental?
Please let me know?
Helene
April 1st, 2011 at 10:56 am
Hi Helene,
I already let you know in the post above.
April 5th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
Do you know the address for the new Hang Shop? I need to get my hang Re-tuned.
April 5th, 2011 at 11:32 pm
Hi Paul Finlay,
the new workshop is in the same building. The address has not changed. More information on Hang tuning.
April 7th, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Hi, I’m from Barcelona and I’m interested to buy two hang. Could you tell me the way to do it?
April 8th, 2011 at 12:24 am
Hi john,
why do you need two Hanghang? And why don’t you read the article?
April 11th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Great information Michael. I just wanted to thank you for being there and providing the world with information about the hang. Terrific site! Warmest regards from Nova Scotia Canada.
April 13th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Hello, Michael.
Can I buy hang drum, if i’m not a professional musician? It was my dream for years, but only now i’ve earned enough money to buy this little miracle.
April 13th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Hello Yuriy,
read the Newsletter PANArt, May 19th, 2010 and the Letter from the Hangbauhaus November 2009.
April 15th, 2011 at 2:41 am
It seems like at this point the hang has become something really elitist. I will send the letter tomorrow, but with absolutely no hope to get an answer. Plus, if, at the time i get some answer, the hang will be more expensive. You are giving more frustration than hope. Sorry, it’s the true.
April 15th, 2011 at 3:16 am
Hi Tom,
elitism is the wrong concept. I know a number of those who bought a Hang in the last year. This is not an elite. Quite the contrary there are normal people, no professional musicians or leaders of any other profession or mission.
If I give more frustration than hope it is just a question of mathematics. If 10 people per day request a Hang but less than 400 instruments are built per year it is impossible for me to promise you a Hang.
May 2nd, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Hey Michael,
habe mich auf deiner website verirrt und finde nicht mehr zum “main-fragethread” :/.
kurze frage, sind die vertiefungen der hang oval? ich habe mir spieler angeschaut und deren hang auch und es schien als seinen die vertiefungen oval geformt…
zweitens: sind die flächen wo die vertiefungen gleich groß oder variieren sie in größe im verhältnis zur vertiefung?
Lg. Eljas
May 2nd, 2011 at 5:19 pm
Hallo Eljas,
schau dir die Fotos vom Freien Integralen Hang an: http://www.hangblog.org/das-freie-integrale-hang-im-bild/
Die Tonfelder sind elliptisch, ebenso die Kuppeln in der Mitte der Tonfelder. Sowohl Tonfelder als auch Kuppeln sind unterschiedlich groß.
May 2nd, 2011 at 5:21 pm
I would like to buy a Hang, what can i do to get one.
Thanks.
May 2nd, 2011 at 5:24 pm
ich danke dir für deine geduld mit mir.
May 2nd, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Hi Fernando Cifuentes Soro,
you can read the post above and follow the links which are advised there.
May 3rd, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Hi! I’m Olga from Russia, Moscow.
Am I right?
To get a wonderful Hang I should send a letter by regular mail. A few months later I received an invitation letter to Bern? but what if I can not come to Bern at a certain time, because this trip is not cheap for me. Can I pay for it from Russia and get a Hang in the parcel?
May 3rd, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Hi Olga Budanova,
yes, you send a letter by regular mail. But this is not an order for a Hang. It is a letter to indicate your interest in buying a Hang. In the last few years Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer decided twice or thrice yearly how they deal with all the letters they received (MUCH more than the number of produced Hang). They chose a number of people and invited them to a certain week or two when they could come to the PANArt workshop in Bern an pick up a Hang if they find one that go with them.
Usually invited custumers are able to make an appointment at a date they are comfortable with because there are a number of weeks offered within a year.
After you’ve sent your letter, it may last a number of months until you receive an answer to your letter. And nobody can predict whether you will be able to buy a Hang or not. If you are invited to Bern you have to go if you want to buy a Hang. No Hanghang will be shipped as it is stated in the post above.
May 4th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Hi Michael: I’ve written several letters applying for a Free Integral Hang but, unfortunately, I have not been lucky. My wife got a mail from Mr. Rohner where he told her that the Hang was not for my “musical work” in Africa. I’d like to point out that my only work in Africa consists in performimg surgical interventions (as cooperant surgeon). If I have applied for a Hang is EXCLUSIVELY for my personal use wether in Barcelona or anywhere in Africa whre I use to cllaborate.
Thank you very much, and I hope that you will bear in mind my application.
Luis Azorín
May 4th, 2011 at 10:11 pm
Hi Luis,
sorry, I’m not involved in the distribution of the Hang. I’m not the one who decides who can buy a Hang and I’m not interested in becoming a broker for Hang purchases. Therefor it is completely irrelevant whether I bear in mind your application or not.
May 5th, 2011 at 3:08 pm
Michael Paschko! Thank you for the answer. I’ll write a first letter!
May 6th, 2011 at 11:13 am
Hello,
Thanks for the usefull information.
I wish to send a letter of interest to Felix and Sabina, but I can’t seem to find there address. Where to find it?
Truly thankful
May 6th, 2011 at 5:29 pm
Hello Predro Alves,
you will find the address in some of the publications by PANArt in the Hang Library.
May 9th, 2011 at 7:23 pm
Hey Michael! Just wanted to say that what Feliz and Sabina are doing is amazing. And let you know that i support the truthfulness of this art. Cheers!
AG11
May 10th, 2011 at 10:51 am
All the mistery around this instrument is amazing. So many of us fell connected to Hang vibrations and attracted by it. I sent my letter a month ago and I keep hope of one day receiving an answer, maybe even a positive one. I will maybe send a 2nd or a 3rd letter in the future and why not a 4th one…
Getting a hang is like a modern quest… Quest that I am following, hoping to succeed in it and wish to many Hang fans of one day possessing their own.
Thank you to the Hang makers for having created such a splendid instrument.
May 11th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
I absolutely LOVE the integrity of how hanghang are made, and distributed. I have followed the protocol by writing and today received my notice – not good news I’m afraid.
So, I am curious to know, “what now”? I read somewhere (maybe above) that there are no waiting lists – so with my ‘denial notice’ I am left at ground zero, right? Should I keep writing?
Thanks for your patience Michael
May 11th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
In the last few days PANArt invited all prospective customers who can pick up a Free Integral Hang in autumn of 2011. All other requests PANArt received by now was answered with a refusal letter. That means that there will be no other appointments for a Hang until the end of this year. It isn’t decided yet when and how Hanghang will be available again in the next year.
There is a new communication by PANArt in the Hang Library: The call of iron.
May 11th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
It is frustrating that these people refuse to expand production to meet the demand. Furthermore, they have patented the process to prevent others from making Hangs.
It IS elitist for the makers to decide who is & who isn’t worthy of owning a hang. I am an accomplished musician, yet was turned down.
It is snotty, and elitist.
May 12th, 2011 at 12:43 am
Hi Pointus meanhead,
do you really think as an “accomplished musican” you have more rigths in owning a Hang than others? And this attitude is not elitist? Read the latest communication by PANArt carefully. You can also find the answer there why PANArt doesn’t and cannot expand production.
May 12th, 2011 at 11:50 am
Just got the reply, very exiting… but I am so sad now..
May 12th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
I live in Japan.
I learnt “Hanging drum” in 2006.
I wanted to buy it though I waited for two years.
Because “Hanging drum” was purchase in Switzerland, I was given up.
However, it was disappointed because it was a system that did not change still.
The person who can buy “Hanging drum” is only European it or rich Asian.
“Hanging drum” is discrimination and an unequal, tyranny musical instruments.
I think that music should be equal.
May 12th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Hi Taka,
I live in Germany.
I heard about the Fujijama a long time ago.
I watched a TV film with the Fujijama.
Because the Fujijama is in Japan I cant visit this place.
It is to far away and to expensive for me.
I want to see the Fujijama so much.
The people from Japan could visit the Fujijama so easy.
Is Fujijama discrimination and tyranny?
Frank
May 12th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Fujiyama is a wonderful mountain of which Japan boasts.
However, Fujiyama is not an article for sale.
It is not possible to carry in Fujiyama.
Fujiyama cannot be done though Hang becomes a private property.
If Fujiyama can be moved, I want to show it to people all over the world.
The Japanese will do free of charge with pleasure.
If it will give birth to all the people to happiness.
I’m very regrettable that you such a comparison object.
Mt. Fuji=Fujiyama
May 12th, 2011 at 11:07 pm
Hi taka,
there are important reasons why the Hang makers want to know their customers personally and why they are asked to come to Bern and choose their Hang in person. The intention is not to bully asian people. Therefor it is actually just a geographic problem.
We Europeans know that we are privileged in obtaining a Hang. But if PANArt decided to move the workshop to Japan. Asian people would be priviledged and Europeans would be unprivileged It is impossible to serve the whole world with the same chances if only two persons are building Hanghang in one little workshop.
May 13th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
I understand feelings of “PANArt”. I understand the desire to the guest for whom you obtain Hang.
Idea to your Hang. =I know Hang is made regulations passed directly to the buyer because it is “This is not usual metallic musical instruments” and “This is musical instruments that the soul entered where it lives”.
The traditional craft goods of Japan that the expert establishes are produced in similar sense to “PANArt”.
I also do the thing making. And, because I love Japanese traditional craft goods, the feelings are understood.
There is a part that doesn’t understand (I’m not possible to translate) from the comment that Michael wrote.
“But if PANArt decided to move the workshop to Japan. Asian people would be priviledged and Europeans would be unprivileged It is impossible to serve the whole world with the same chances if only two persons are building Hanghang in one little workshop.”
Did you say, “Will sell it in Japan” the peel?
May 14th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
If the makers really wanted many people to have these instruments, they would train other to build them, to keep it as it is is sad and pathetic, no matter how much heart they have , they need to get this out to many more people and quickly, none of this pathetic letter writing and waiting for a response, that is control and everyone hates control. You either want to sell a product or not, the way you are doing it is totally unacceptable and against all spiritual ethics. It does not matter that you own the copyright or whatever, what matters is getting this out to whoever wants it.
May 18th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Hi, in 2006 I traveled to europe from south america, I was amazed when I hear that sound coming from that strange instrument, i fell in love you know… i tried to get one everywhere but i couldnt find it…then when i come back home I sent a letter to Panart to get one but I never got response…a couple years ago i find some kind of rumour on the intenet wich says that panart are with a five year delay on the hang orders…is it true? can they consider my email back to 2006, do i have to go to Bern…thanks (im in Barcelona waiting for one)
May 18th, 2011 at 9:40 pm
Hi Aldo caichac,
no PANArt will not consider your e-mail back to 2006. There never was a waiting list with Hang orders. The rumour on the internet was just a rumour. Because PANArt never had a waiting list there could not be a five year delay. Your e-mail isn’t filed.
May 18th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Hi taka,
no I did not say “Will sell it in Japan”. Look for someone who can translate it to you. I cannot say it better.
May 27th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
hi Michael.
Im Pablo Wayne from selva de mar
I was wondering if I can get some info about the new advances of the hang
I know that they made some new changes or kind of new prototype?
any info will be welcomed
have a nice day
pablo
May 27th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Hi pablo wayne,
search the Hang Library for the Free Integral Hang. There are no newer advances or prototypes of the Hang.
May 28th, 2011 at 8:59 am
Michael:
I just tonight “found” multiple videos displaying the beautiful sound of the hang. I love the percussive and melodic tones the hang makes and wanted to thank Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer for their creative and unique creation.
After reading a few articles sharing the heart-felt work and giving spirit of these two artisans, I wanted to find a way to have a hang find its way to me, but I realize this may not be in my path (in no way a negative statement toward the process, just a realization of the difficulty involved).
Then after reading comments here and other places on the internet, I felt compelled to write this and share my appreciation and open heart to Felix and Sabina to let them know there are people who can only imagine the want to share this beautiful sound with the world, to only receive back negative energy. I know you are working hard; I know you were meant to create for the sake of creating rather than for the sake of business.
Please keep your spirits up and your creativity free of influence and pressure from those who may not understand your efforts.
A fan of your work…Thank you for your time,
Mark, in Phoenix, Arizona, United States
May 29th, 2011 at 6:07 am
WOW, What a fabulous journey for all involved. Creating and sharing your love and joy is a great gift. Battling with the love of what you do and the capitalistic nature of the world must have been trying at times. I applaud your dedication and creation of standards for sharing your gifts.
I have never been to Europe but would consider going simply to meet Felix and Sabrina. Souls such at this are rare and glorious. If you ever travel to the States Welcome arms await.
Jeffery
June 2nd, 2011 at 6:33 pm
I love the sound of the Hang, I heard one yesterday for the first time of my life while walking in my home City in centern Finland.
I understand that the makers want their creation to be used correctly but I quite don’t understand why they don’t share their knowledge. Right now the situation is that if the two makers die, there will be no more Hang builders in the world….??? I understand that the making of Hang is a form of art, but I do not understand that two people apparently seem to consider themselves so unique that anyone is not able to even learn with their guidance.
And who knows, maybe other people could bring something new to the development…? I don’t think they should come up with largely expanded business, but to simply share their knowledge.
All great teachers have passed their knowledge as in purpose of their work being continued after themselves.
All the best for Felix and Sabina.
June 11th, 2011 at 12:48 am
Michael, tell me please, is it possible that PANArt dont send any reply to my letter? I send it in April this year, and i know that i must wait for a long time, but tell me, do you know, did PANArt responded to all letters they received? It will be somehow better for me to know that i WILL get a respond, no matter what…
June 15th, 2011 at 8:08 pm
it is so sad they can´t ship this beautiful instrument, i´m from mexico and from the first time i heard the sound of a hang, it really was what i always looked for… :(
June 16th, 2011 at 8:09 pm
Hi Nikola,
by now PANArt didn’t send answers to people who sent a letter from April 2011 up to now. I think you belong to this group. PANArt will answer these requests soon.
June 18th, 2011 at 6:22 pm
Hi Michael,
What a hard work you are doing…
Can I ask you what the based frequencie of the free integral Hang is? if there is One.
Thanks, that you reply or not.
Don’t focus on my email, it’s not related to my question ^ ^
June 20th, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Hi Greg,
there isn’t a standard pitch. The Ding of all Free Integral Hanghang varies about a half tone beneath or above D3. Relatively to the Ding the tone circle is tuned like the Integral Hang.
The Free Integral Hang is tuned without technical tuners. The Hang makers Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer discovered that harking to their inner resonance was a way to reach a higher quality of the Hang sound. A quote from Hang Guide: “There is no standard pitch or any tonal system which forces us to wrench something from the metal that it is not willing to give.” More about the tuning of the Free Integral Hang you can read on pages 16-22.
July 2nd, 2011 at 9:06 am
Hello Michael,
I have a question on a letter I got from Panart.
I have asked if I could get a Hang by sending them a letter, and what I received was:
The demend for our Hang is still enormous, At the moment there are no HanhHanh available and PANart can’t give you a time frame when they might be available again.
I have a confusion with this. Because for me, this does not means no. Does it mean that anybody writing a letter nowadays gets this answer? Is it possible for me to maybe get one in the future? I am puzzled, would be lovely to receive a massage from you!
With Love,
Maya
July 2nd, 2011 at 11:14 am
Hi Maya Gheiman,
in the last four years PANArt built about 300 to 400 Hanghang per year but received about 3000 Hang requests per year. Therefor it’s clear that only 10%-13% of those who wrote a letter to Bern were able to buy a Hang.
In June PANArt replied to the letters received since April 2011. A minority got appointments to choose and pick up a Hang in Autumn 2011. The majority got the same reply received by you.
PANArt doesn’t compile a list of persons who may get an appointment in the next year or later years. The reply you received means exact what is written: In this year we have no Hang for you, and we don’t know today what will happen in the future.
It is important for you to know that your letter isn’t filed. It’s up to you to decide what you will do in the future.
The reason for this is that the Hang makers don’t understand themselves as a business that takes orders for producing an item. They understand themselves as artists and don’t want to be forced by production demands for the future. They do their work day by day and want to decide whom they give the results of their work after it is done. As artists they cannot plan their work in 2012, 2013, 2014 and later. Therefor they don’t want to promise anything for the future.
July 17th, 2011 at 7:47 am
Hi Michael,
I am wanting to write a letter of application for the hang this year.Could you give me advice as to what time of year I should write.Or is that irrelevant?Thanx
Peace And Love
Julia
July 17th, 2011 at 5:25 pm
Hi Julia,
all I can say is: All Hanghang which will be sold this year are allready spoken for. Therefore my only advise is: There isn’t any reason to hurry up, because the next opportunity to pick up a Hang in Bern will be sometimes next year. How the Hang will be distributed in the next year may be the same as in this year or may change. There isn’t any communication by PANArt about the future distribution of the Hang apart from what is said in The call of iron.
July 26th, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Hello Michael,
Once I send the letter for the Hang and, in case I am considered a candidate, with how much anticipation will I get advice to go pick my Hang? I live at Mexico and might need some time to get things ready for such voayage.
I thank you in advance.
July 26th, 2011 at 11:06 pm
Hello Manuel,
in the past in most cases appointments were made at a date a number of months after sending the consent to the customers. But I don’t think it will be a problem if someone ask for an appointment at a later date. This can be organized after someone received a consent. No reason to rack your brains today :-)
You must consider that it is a big differnence whether you are one of some thousand people who sent a request for a Hang or whether you are one of 30, 50 or 80 customers who are invited for the next appointments. While it is impossible to communicate with all the thousands personally the Hang makers will do what is necessary to organize the appointments with the few customers.
August 28th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
i have contacted them a few times in the past, and i know it was not the case a little back, but i was wondering if they have any available as of this date.
thanks, Ryan
September 9th, 2011 at 6:09 pm
Hi Michael! I sent a letter to PANArt via fax, is it still working this method of connect? Thank you!
September 9th, 2011 at 7:08 pm
Hi Stanislav,
yes it is (as far as I know). I don’t mention the fax any longer because I think it doesn’t matter if a letter arives this day or one or two days later.
September 9th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
Hi,
I’m a huge fan of the hang,
but i don’t know anything about how to get it,
i didn’t find anywhere to buy it online & i didn’t find any price,
I just want a simple help to know how to buy it & what is the price & costs of getting it in Texas, U.S.
Please Please Help!
September 9th, 2011 at 11:46 pm
Hi Arti,
scroll up and read.
September 11th, 2011 at 12:35 am
A friend of a friend has a Hang and she may sell it. Is there a lot of difference in sound between a 1st Generation and an Integral? A part of me wants to ‘deserve’ the Hang however…perhaps I worry about things like that a little too much. I have written a letter to PANArt to be considered.
September 11th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Hi Shelly,
I’m not sure what you mean with “‘deserve the Hang’”. A first generation Hang is quite different from a Free Integral Hang. There is also a noticeable difference between a first generation Hang from 2003 and one from 2005. If you are looking especially for a Free Integral Hang, a first generation Hang will not be a substitute. But I think your problem is that you don’t have enough personal experience with Hanghang to decide whether these differences are important for you and what are the consequences. You also don’t know whether you will be able to purchase a Free Integral Hang or not. Therefor I think it is the best to consider a potential purchase of that Hang of a friend of a friend independently from your considerations buying a Free Integral Hang directly from PANArt. Is this first generation Hang something you would like to play? How does it sound? Is the price ok? Is it in tune or not? If it is not PANArt will not repair it for you after you have purchased it.
September 12th, 2011 at 12:08 am
Hello!
I am interested in purchasing, I live in Brazil, can be sent?
What is the shipping cost?
thanks
September 12th, 2011 at 2:03 am
Dear Michael Paschko:
I have struggled for some time with the process by which the creators of the Hang make and provide their instruments for sale. Your posts (and your patience answering similar questions repeatedly) and other documents and information in the Hang Library have helped guide me away from irritation and annoyance toward understanding of the makers’ state of mind and intentions. I have compassion for those who are frustrated. It is an unusual way of making a thing to be sold. It’s an interesting journey for those who wish to play and have a Hang near them over time.
Your efforts are very helpful, in my opinion. You have gathered essential information and also answer questions (even if they often are the same question), though it appears to me that you are not directly part of the Hang manufacture process. Many thanks to you for your efforts. When I began looking into the Hang it was a bizarre task, chasing down rumors and a snippet of fact (really? was it a fact?) here and there. Eventually something led me to this site, and I felt very grateful to have found something substantial and coordinated so that I could investigate the instrument further without the frustrations of feeling there was no way to find the “real story.”
That’s it from me. Just a few comments and an expression of appreciation. Be well.
September 12th, 2011 at 7:41 am
Hi Fabio Resende,
PANArt doesn’t ship the Hang. Read article above carefully.
September 12th, 2011 at 7:55 am
Hi zenbob,
thanks for appreciation. You are right, I’m “not directly part of the Hang manufacture process”. This website is an independent project with the target to document, publish and link to information about the Hang for those who want to dig deeper. This said their is a collaboration with PANArt. The Hang makers not running an own website decided to publish current communications in the Hang Library.
September 13th, 2011 at 12:00 am
Hi,
I just wanted to express my gratitude to you in being so helpful, answering questions and providing information. I have read many of the questions here, and although someone else gave the question, I still got to read a good answer, so I say thank you anyway:) On a side note, are you aware if the hang-makers are currently training someone new to continue in their footsteps once they retire? Or if there are any plans for this? I hope the hang can be produced for a long time still.
With peace
September 20th, 2011 at 1:13 am
Michael Paschko,
How can anyone have personal experience with hanghang when its impossible to even touch one? I would love to se and hear and FEEL the difference in the different hangs, but yeah quite impossible when even the hang players dont want to lend out the hang for trying.
I would so love to get one but i still dont get how to obtain one and yes i have read all articles.. do you send them a physical letter or do u hmm what do u do?
September 20th, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Hi Fabian,
look for people who own an Integral or Free Integral Hang and let you try it out. I don’t think they will lent it to you but there are surely a number of Hang players willing to meet with you. The place with maximum likelihood to meet owners of Integral and Free Integral Hanghang is http://www.hangforum.com
For a Hang request you must send a “physical letter” (not e-mail).
October 5th, 2011 at 5:07 am
Thank you Michael for writing this. I heard my first Hang in 2009 and have been relentlessly searching and of course came up empty handed every time. I recently found a blog stating that my letter could be faxed but thankfully said blog also had a link to HangBlog and I now have all the correct information. All I need now is to send my plea to fair Switzerland. I use music to center myself for meditation. I’m a believer and soon to be full-time practioner of Shamanism (seeking a mentor) and even though Hang through recording can never compare to its true feeling, I’m able to find some peace with what I have found. My wish is that they hear me and grant me the pleasure of my own HangHang. Then who knows how deep I could go, what I could find within myself and the world.
October 13th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Hi. I was wrote a letter 2 years ago and then got a email with a answer in it. It was saying that i can buy hang and i will get it before christmas. I didnt reply and now i feel very sorry. So my question is, do they still have my letter and would they offer me to sale one more time because i screwed up ;( thx
October 14th, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Hi Davor,
I think the only what you can do is to write another letter to Panart and ask.
I think it is possible, that they collect the letters. But this must be very much and because you got an answer, your letter will be not in their mind.
Frank
October 19th, 2011 at 4:52 am
Hello, I’m fang ,from China ,interested buy one 2010/Free Integral Hang How to make payment ,shipping.
best regards
fang
October 24th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Hello fang,
there is an article about your questions on top of this page. Nobody else can read it for you, you must do it yourself.
October 30th, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Hi Michael,
is the ability to play the instrument. If so, where and when. I would like to hear its sound live. Well made Hang makes you feel good. I want to hear, how good is this production.
Thank you for your answer.
November 4th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
Thanks for all the info Michael.
Is there any required information that needs to be in the letter that they need to know (eg: Profession, age, etc)? will this influence the decision?
Thanks :-)
November 6th, 2011 at 8:45 am
Hi Martin Svec,
to contact Hang players, especially with Integral or Free Integral Hanghang write a post in the Foyer of http://www.hangforum.com
November 6th, 2011 at 9:18 am
Hi Anthony Croft,
your address is required and to impart your e-mail address beneficial. Beyond that I haven’t any further advice: It’s your turn. What do you think is important for your wish to play a Free Integral Hang?
November 6th, 2011 at 11:17 pm
if i get an invitation to go will my girlfriend be welcomed as well?
November 6th, 2011 at 11:22 pm
Hi Chazz Shafur,
if you get an invitation your girlfriend will not be able to buy a second Hang if she has not an own invitation.
November 17th, 2011 at 10:24 am
My partner Lina and I regularly hold workshops in which we allow participants to play our hangs. Our next workshops will be at the GATHERING at TAPELEY PARK in Devon, England, on Dec 17th and 18th. We will also be at the HANGOVER in January, HAWKWOOD COLLEGE in June, DRUM CAMP in July and GAUNTS HOUSE SUMMER GATHERING in August.. Then, naturally, the HANGOUT in September.
We would of course welcome anyone who has heard the hang, but has been unable to obtain one, and wishes to have some first hand experience.
The format of our workshops is usually to start with a circle of udu’s , which are subtle and gentle percussion instruments, which provide an excellent background to the hang. After some basic “grooves’ are established we invite individual players to come and share our hangs. When they have found their “voice”, we allow everyone to play for a few minutes. By initially sharing our hangs, and by guiding peoples first techniques, we have never experienced any damage, and workshops are always a joyous experience for us all.
November 18th, 2011 at 3:15 am
Hola, soy de Chile y quiero saber como comprar un Hang, veo siempre videos en youtube con mis hijos y hemos visto tocar algunos en ciudades de Europa. I would like to buy a hang… queremos tener uno para disfrutarlo con nuestra familia, yo soy economista y mi mujer ingeniero, pero amamos y vivimos la musica con nuestros hijos… gracias, saludos… Rene
November 21st, 2011 at 9:09 am
Hi thanks for the information, was very clear and usefull? Ihave a question:I live in mexico, but I’m going to go to europe to work for the next 3or for months, is there any change to buy a hang if I go straight to bern or at li to ask for one? It’s very hard for us latins to go to europe just to pick up an instrument, besides that without a letter o reservation on a hotel is very difficult to get in to europe, you know, we need some kind of visa. Anyway on my european tour I’ll try to get to bern betweendic 22 to 25, perhaps I,m lucky. thanks for your time.
November 21st, 2011 at 11:15 am
Hi Dante,
don’t travel to Berne hoping to be able to buy a Hang without sending a letter first and receiving an invitation by PANArt. Worst case you will stand in front of a closed door because nobody is in the workshop and best case you will be told to send a letter if you are interested in purchasing a Hang.
November 21st, 2011 at 11:20 am
Hi René Perret,
read the article on top of this page please. Some additional information in Spanish you will find here: http://www.hangblog.org/publications-by-panart-in-francais-italiano-and-espanol/
November 21st, 2011 at 11:32 am
Hi barry mason,
my recommendation for an initial first hand Hang experience is to search for the most silent room you can find and play the Hang alone (only with the owner aside if he don’t let you alone with his instrument). Any noise, other persons, other sounding instruments will disturb your Hang experience.
November 22nd, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Dear Michael,
I´m a percusionist from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Since 2006, when I was living in Europe, I´m trying to buy a Hang but I can’t. Now my mother is going to Switzerland in the next week. Sending the letter, do you think she will be able to buy a Hang with you guys down there?
Best regards,
Diogo
November 22nd, 2011 at 7:27 pm
Hi Diogo,
I don’t know who “you guys down there” are. I am not involved in the distribution of the Hang but I’m convinced that your mother will not be able to buy a Hang for you next week. All Hanghang that will be sold this year are already spoken for. So if you don’t have already received an invitation by PANArt saying your mother can come next week to pick up a Hang, this will not work.
November 23rd, 2011 at 2:53 pm
Hello,
Like everyone in this list I am interested in buying a hang. I have been wanting one since 2008.
How do I get an invitation? where do I write to them?
kind regards,
heliana
November 23rd, 2011 at 4:45 pm
Hello Michael,
First of all, thank you, it is helpful to find a site with trustworthy information about the Hanghang.
From what I have understood, the only way to try to become the owner of a Hang is by writing a letter. Therefore, whether you can buy one or not depends exclusively on the content of the letter. My question is: What has to be in the letter? Are we supposed to write WHY we want to buy a Hang and based on the letter they will decide if we are good candidates or not?
Thank you,
Brenda
November 24th, 2011 at 6:14 pm
Hi Heliana,
read the article on top of this page and follow the recommended link.
November 24th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Hi Brenda,
there isn’t any official specification by PANArt for the letter. It’s your turn. Write what you think is important for you.
November 27th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Hi Michael Paschko,
Living in the french part of Switzerland, I would like to know if the letter can be written in French, or only in German or English ?
My english is fluent and my German is “ok” but I would express my interests to acquire a “Hang” much better in french.
Thanks
Benoit
November 27th, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Hi Benoit,
you can write in French.
November 27th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
Great!
Thank you for your prompt answer !
November 30th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
Hello,
Could You give me advice PLEASE how i can buy this magic instrument.
Many thanks :)
MARTA
December 1st, 2011 at 12:41 am
Hi Marta,
my advice is to scroll to the top and read this page from the beginning.
December 2nd, 2011 at 9:05 pm
wow , michael,
I got turned onto the HAng, and followed links to this site, it is an incredible instrument of the inner voice, and i appreciate your work here, guiding those to the possibilities of Hang.
Im not sure if you are in contact with Felix and Sabina, but if you are, pass along my gratitude, for the creation of such a wonderful peace. I do want to learn more, perhaps get to play one one day…
I will be making my own application into the process, and understand that even thoug odds are against me, that is not the reason.
It seems alot of people here are frustrated that they cannot ‘own’ a Hang, tho that seems slightly counter intuitive, and my heart goes out to them, for what ever might prevent them from that, but is that not part of the process? IS that not part of Life? you cannot grasp the Northern Lights, just marvel at its dance….
Anyways, everyone, enjoy your day, and thanks again Michael, for your work and patience
JEr
December 4th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Michael,
By replying to people “Write what you think is important for you”, in reply to the question of what information should be provided in a request letter for Hang, the implication is that the makers DO have criteria for deciding who will and won’t be granted an invitation to purchase Hang.
This can be interpreted to mean that the makers are not granting these on a “first request, first granted” basis, ie:the 1st 400 requests are granted, and the rest will just have to keep trying each year. Rather it sounds as if the makers are making a judgement call as to whom they believe is “worthy” of owning a Hang.Or perhaps they believe thay can determine who “gets” their views of how this instrument must be played, owned, enjoyed, etc. I believe that this is where much of the confusion lies. And yes, that DOES sound elitist and snobby. I am not saying that this is so, merely pointing out that it comes across that way.
The makers’ commitment to hand-crafting these instruments to their careful specifications is admirable and certainly worth their fine efforts and workmanship. I can find no reason to disagree with their ability to produce a limited quantity of Hang by those standards. They should be commended for keeping those standards instead of turning to a manufacturer.
Just my 2 cents’ worth.
December 4th, 2011 at 1:51 pm
Hi Cynthia Nelson,
yes, the decisions are not made on a “first request, first granted” basis. But because I think there isn’t a checklist of criteria that could be determined and I don’t know how decisions are made I cannot advice anything. I don’t think that “worthy” is the adequate term here. The problem is to pick a little number out of a huge number of requests. This can never be a fair decision. “First request, first granted” is as unfair as a lottery or a decision based on the personal impression of a letter. Nobody is “worthy” when he get an appointment and nobody is “unworthy” when he don’t.
December 16th, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Michael!, ultima pregunta, Puedo escribir la carta en Español? para explicar mejor mis sentimientos, mi ingles es muy basico.
Gracias!, si quieres puedes borrar los otros post,
Saludos.
Michael!, Last question, I can write the letter in Spanish? To better explain my feelings, my English is very basic.
Thanks, if you want you can delete the other post,
Greetings.
December 16th, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Hi Inti,
you can write in Spanish (or German, English, French, Italian).
December 17th, 2011 at 12:32 am
It is elitist. And I’m glad its that way. They could have just made a few for themselves and not sold any of them. If one puts that much time and energy into something they have every right to select (on whatever grounds) who gets to play it. They know they have something special and want to keep it that way.
If you can’t write a letter from the heart you probably can’t play music from the heart.
December 17th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
I love the instrument but despise the elitist approach the makers employ in selling the Hang. There are talented people given the opportunity, who would inevitably create new musical adaptations that contribute and advance this instrument. Unfortunately, this will never happen until some starts knocking the instrument off with equivalent quality (and this WILL happen). Inbreeding by allowing access to a small subset of people composed only of successful, privileged musicians (of notable status) will end up limiting the “musical gene pool” an ultimately result in boring copycat music.
December 23rd, 2011 at 6:04 am
Hi there, I know this might be a very stupid question but I´ve been looking for the address where to send my letter and of course i will pray to the gods later.
Any ways I wasn´t able to find the address where to send this letter that I´m holding in my hands. If there is a link to it in this website I apologize some how i missed it!!! sorry!!!!
anyone can give me a hand?????
December 23rd, 2011 at 11:38 am
Hi Morris Gabo,
follow the link in the article above.
December 23rd, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Hang Library?? that link? thanks
December 26th, 2011 at 8:53 pm
Hi Michael,
Thank you for providing so much useful information.
I would love to hear Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer play the hang drum. I take it that they from their marvellous creation must be masters in playing. I’ve looked on youtube but haven’t found any videos of them playing. Do you have any links where they are playing themselves?
Wish you a Happy New Year!
Sandra
December 27th, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Hi Sandra,
as far as I know published audio or video records of Sabina Schärer or Felix Rohner playing the Hang don’t exist.
January 2nd, 2012 at 4:35 am
Hello Michael,
Thanks so much for this wonderful blog, and for the countless hours you spend responding to each post.
I submit a letter to Sabina and Felix in late 2007 and received a thoughtful and thorough response in March of 2009 that they were not able to sell me a hang that year. The bottom of the letter stated that my name and address was filed and that I would be informed about activities at the end of the year, though now nearly two years later I have not heard anything.
Do you suggest I resubmit a letter, or is the wait about this long to hear anything more? Should I take further action or simply “stand by”?
I am deeply moved by this masterpiece of art, and am happy to wait for the opportunity to connect with one, and I don’t want to loose my chance if I am missing a step here…
January 2nd, 2012 at 4:43 am
sorry, I meant I sent the letter in late 2008
January 2nd, 2012 at 10:15 am
Hi Eden Vardy,
there were many people who received that response in March 2009. As far as I know all of them received the Letter from the Hangbauhaus November 2009. The bottom of that letter (which is not published in the Hang Library) said: “If you harmonize with the contents of this letter and you decide to continue with the process of acquiring a Free Integral Hang, then please send us a letter”.
I don’t know what happened why you didn’t receive PANArt’s letter in November 2009. But I think you can be sure that your letter from 2008 is not filed any longer.
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:13 pm
this is such valuable information! Thank you so much Michael. I love the sound of this instrument so much, I feel I should write to PANArt immediately!!
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Hi. My name is Ivan. I am a 19-year old student from Croatia. I do not own a Hang, but I’d like to share some of my thoughts on that subject here in this commentary section.
It is understandable why the Hangmakers chose this way of sharing the magic of the Hang with others.
Suppose someone found out the most simple and inexpensive way to make huge amounts of the most delicious cookies in the world.
Not sharing that knowledge with others, and choosing only a handful of people ‘worthy’ of eating those cookies – now, that would be elitist, indeed.
But in the case of the Hang, it must be taken into consideration that there is a certain state of mind which is needed to experience the bliss of the Hang.
Cookies are a type of food. There are other kinds of food. People eat food in order to replenish their physical bodies. And if there are no cookies, there are still other kinds of food.
That is not the case with the Hang. There is no category in which the Hang can be placed – it is not merely a musical instrument, among all others various kinds of instruments. It is unique in all aspects – most importantly, it is unique in the aspect of the connection every Hang player establishes with his or her Hang, and what that connection means to that individual player; what he or she experiences while surrounded by the energy of the Hang.
Perhaps it can be called a vessel. It may move you into a different state of mind. It communicates with you, and you communicate with it. It is a two-way communication by which you can learn a great deal about yourself.
Perhaps, an introspective journey of seeking for the truth. Or perhaps, a meditative journey, for the cleansing of the heart and soul.
It has healing powers. Why? Because nowadays humans are filled with negative energy, with negative thoughts. It is impossible for negative energy to continue existing while one plays the Hang.
With all the above in mind, it is simply wrong to want to own a Hang just because it ‘sounds cool’; or because you’d like to amaze your friends or crowds of people in the street with it’s ‘unusual look and groovy sound’;
And thus, it is also understandable why some kinds of people get frustrated when they realize how much patience and perseverence is needed to obtain this magic.
In my opinion, it is primarily an individual, inward experience – but also something which can connect you to other people, through music.
So tell me, what are even a few years, for something that is worth waiting an entire lifetime?
January 12th, 2012 at 8:42 am
Thank you Ivan!
I believe you’ve captured the connection brilliantly! I lose all sense of time regardless if I’m playing djembe, other hand drums, or buckets. My soul pours out dancing through my hands onto the whatever instrament. Hang is unique it gives voiceto the movement I’ll write and hope that I could someday share in that magic so my soul can sing and dance. It’s worth the wait.
January 13th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
hi,
i recently discovered this instrument and quite liked it and i genuinely applaud, how personal the nature of getting your hands on one, is…however i am a person with limited means…and barely saving up for this has taken years. . would you be open to shipping the product to spain ?
cheers
January 13th, 2012 at 6:34 pm
Hi Aadi,
I am not involved in the distribution of the Hang. Therefor it doesn’t matter whether I am open to shipping a Hang to Spain or not. If you want to purchase a Hang you must contact PANArt as it is described in the article above. And as it is described there: “No Hanghang will be shipped”.
January 15th, 2012 at 5:56 pm
The above reply that Mr. Rohner gave to Luis where he told his wife that the Hang was not for my “musical work” in Africa says everything to me. We are all entitled to our opinion. Having been an amateur, then professional musician and loving and sharing music my whole life and also being initiated into esoteric spiritual mysteries of various traditions, here is mine: These hang makers are on a nice ego-trip in this life disguised as spiritual people. What they are manufacturing (and manipulating) is expectation and people’s emotions. Much like mickey mouse who doesn’t exist except in the minds of his creators and fans, the hang drum is nice piece of metal instrument. As with any instrument it it is the player who breathes life and spirit into it. Give any hang owner a string harp and they will be able to have all the same experiences of creating magical sound, for it is not the arrow but the indian that give it its power. So please people do not obsess over this hang drum — for its true greatness lies in its creators’ genius at manipulating economics of supplr and demand and their insite into human nature. Go to a world music store, a traditional instrument shop and fall in love with the instrument that speaks to you. You will then be able to speak through it, and experience the magic of giving voice to your soul’s energy, an experience not limited to the hang drum nor tainted by the manipulative bent of its creators.
January 15th, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Hi zeke olawauye,
I cannot see any manipulation. There are not enough Free Integral Hanghang for all who want to buy it. The Hang makers Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer want to sell the limited number of instruments to those who want to use it in a way it is built for. Neither you nor I know what Luis wrote in his letter to PANArt and why Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer decided not to sell him a Hang. Therefor it doesn’t make sense to speculate about reasons and motivations.
January 16th, 2012 at 6:26 pm
Hi,
I hear alot about taking care of rust? I know that this could be s serious problem. Have you heard stories of the FIH and any problems it might have with rust?
thanks,
January 16th, 2012 at 8:11 pm
Hello Michael. I just recieved an negative response from Pan Art, saying that they can’t sell me the Hang, as there are none availeble. They wrote that i should write a letter next year. I sent this one in October 2011. Do You think they mean 2012 or 2013?:-)
Thank You!
January 16th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
hej,
after years of wishfull thinking and letters to the builders a hang just fell into my lap a few days ago. it is a first generation nr 1416
my question is that there are tiny bits of rust on it, how do i go about that?
please let me know çause i want this hang with me for many years to come :)
January 16th, 2012 at 10:28 pm
Hi starling,
I also don’t know what they meant. So I think it will be you who will find the right moment to write another letter. ;-)
January 16th, 2012 at 10:31 pm
Hi Kristiaan,
I personally never had any rust problems. Therefor I recommend to join http://www.hangforum.com and ask your question there to get answers from Hang players who have experiences with rust problems.
January 17th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Hello Michael,
so much time trying to get this tool and I am very sorry to read that is so complicated to get one. I understand that to get a hang can spend so much time that we saw numerous requests come from all over the world, though, I think it is right to claim that anyone who is interested in buying a hang necessarily has to organize a trip to Berne, which for many people is not feasible (or economic issues or geographical issues).
My idea is not intended as a criticism of the creators of this extraordinary instrument, it is clear that, but since they have created a tool so fascinating and collecting so much success and acclaim (which I renamed THE INSTRUMENT OF SOUL) and having regard to the numerous requests, I think it is an act of common sense on the part of PANART assess the possibility of sending the instrument to target the person who wants to buy. This is my message, of course, is only an invitation to explore other ways to maintain faith in their idea about that tool, but at the same time take into consideration the needs of many customers who are from all over the world.
If PANART does not consider this aspect and has no intention of changing course, so many people like me who do not have the opportunity to travel to Berne can only resign themselves to never have this tool and for me it is a stab to the heart and soul.
I feel like an eagle with broken wings: Unable to FLY.
My hope is that soon PANARTE will want to change this situation and decides to meet the needs of many customers, even though I know my hope is just a beautiful illusion.
with great esteem and affection
J-MAS
January 17th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Hi J-mas,
the following is my conclusion I draw from many talkings with the Hang makers and witnessing Hang distribution for several years. In 2006 and 2007 all customers had to travel to Bern. In 2008 and 2009 the Integral Hang was shipped if the customer was not able to travel to Bern. In 2010 PANArt stopped shipping again. It is a fact that PANArt cannot satisfy the world wide demand. Also the Hang makers are interested in the contact with their customers. If they would start shipping the Hang again, the world wide demand would increase and the personally contact to the customers wouldn’t be able. I don’t see PANArt starting shipping again in the foreseeable future unless completely new ideas of Hang distribution will appear.
January 17th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
Hi Sha’yo,
the nitriding of the raw form of the Hang creates a layer on the surface that protects the steel from rusting. Later when the Hang shells are treated in the oven a controlled oxidation is applied. This procedure closes microscopical wholes in the surface and is an additional corrosion protection. At the end of the Hang building process a very thin layer of varnish and the anticorrosion fluid is applied.
By now I’m not aware of any reports by owners of a Free Integral Hang regarding rust problems. Keeping it dry and clean and using the cleaning and anticorrosion fluid periodical as recommended will prevent it from rusting.
January 17th, 2012 at 7:14 pm
thanks for your kind response.
I do not understand only a part. PANART is developing new ideas for distribution? This for me would be wonderful and important since I can not go to Bern and most of all I hope to be able to get one tomorrow and then I am obliged to abandon my project linked to this musical instrument (a musical work / spiritual)
January 17th, 2012 at 7:18 pm
Hi J-mas,
you misunderstood my statement. I said: I don’t see PANArt starting shipping again in the foreseeable future unless completely new ideas of Hang distribution will appear. There aren’t any ideas of changing distribution currently (but nobody knows the future).
January 17th, 2012 at 7:29 pm
So I understand, although I hoped to have misunderstood, so I made a specific request. Sad, I can do is resign. it is a pity for me. I fell in love as soon as I heard the sound but when I realized how difficult it was to have one, I never wanted to know this tool. Now its sound is like a splinter in my mind, in my heart, my soul. I can not go to Berne, but I would be prepared in any other way to get a hang
January 17th, 2012 at 9:10 pm
thank you for your reply Michael. I love the sound of the hang but in all honesty, I will probably not play it like all the youtube vids I watch over and over again. Time will tell..eh? I’m prepared to wait and see what happens next.
I am prepared to go to Berne just to have the opportunity to see them for myself. I am also prepared that I may decide not to buy one..or they just don’t want to ‘play’ with me. It’s a wonderful nonetheless.
January 24th, 2012 at 1:15 pm
Greetings from Puerto Rico Michael ^^
I am very interested in this instrument for about 3 years now, and pretty much been saving money for it. Is it possible for me to buy one? if so.. Please post link. ^^
Cheers mate!
January 24th, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Michael: Frist and foremost, thank you for coordinating the vast amount of mail you must get. As one who has been touched by the magic of the Hang, I appreciate your efforts very much.
I have sent a letter to Hanghaus recently, and will await whatever reply I receive. I just wanted to commend you on your patience and kindness with regard to all those who inquire about Hanghang. May you be blessed with all you need.
David
January 24th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
Eugenio Molina,
the only link I can post is this. ;-)
January 26th, 2012 at 11:28 pm
Hello Michael,
As a response to the possible oxydation of the Hang I like to inform you.
I have a first generation Hang, (3513) and I had much problems with rust!
After visiting the Hang makers in September 2010 for a re tuning, I was told that it was not possible that this would occur…But it does. And the places of oxydation are like a band over the Hang. Not everywhere so to say.
I got special cleaning fluid from Sabine to prevent the oxidation. but it still continues. I have noticed that the metal of my Hang is slightly different from other hanghang, especially the thickness and hardness. A good friend has a first generation Hang in the same tuning and sounds real different! Mine feels and sounds like thicker metal..
So i believe that there was a change in the metal composition during the making of the first generation.
I have to clean the Hang every week with metalsponce to remove the rust spickels. Than I have to polish the ding again to let it shine.
Now i use a moist absorbing ring and that helps a great deal but cleaning and polishing is still needed, even with special fluid..
I play the Hang every day for 7 years now… And I hope to play many more unless the rust will win and leaves holes in it…
What I would like to say with this is that the makers deny the possibility of rust, even when they have the proof right in front of them.. And thats a shame.. there are exceptions !!!
Best regards and thanks for your work,
arno
January 30th, 2012 at 3:36 pm
Hello Michael,
Thank you for your fervor in keeping up with all the repetitive questions that people ask you here. I’ve just finished reading through all the posts and articles, but I haven’t been able to find concrete details of what needs to be written in the request letter that I’ll mail to PANArt. It’s possible that I missed it somewhere. Is there anything specific that must be included in the letter or that will increase my chances of receiving an invitation?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
JP
January 31st, 2012 at 6:11 pm
Hello Jenny,
you didn’t miss anything. There aren’t any specific requirements by PANArt what to include in the letter (aside from your postal address of course ;-) ). Also I am not able to advice you what to write in the letter. It’s your letter. You decide what is important.
February 1st, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Thanks for quick response, Michael!
-JP
February 11th, 2012 at 7:59 am
I can’t help but feel that there is a bit of a monopoly situation regarding this instrument. Perhaps it is to do with copyright/patent/financial things? If so, I think that is a shame. Many of us are physically, musically etc. capable of playing such an instrument and I think it is a shame that us ‘every day folk’ are denied the right to share the beauty that this instrument is capable of. Music is not precious and private it is universal. I would LOVE to play/own/enthuse and entertain with an instrument like this but it would seem that this is not allowed…………..?
February 11th, 2012 at 9:12 am
Hi Michele,
what is your suggestion for two persons to satisfy a world wide demand? If it was a “financial thing”, PANArt would rise the price to 8000 CHF and the problem would be solved. Is it that what you would appreciate? Copyright or patent don’t have an effect on the current situation. There are more than ten persons world wide who build similar looking instruments. But also these makers don’t satisfy the demand. If you like one of these instruments you can buy it if you have the chance (or as you prefer to express it: if you are allowed).
February 15th, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Suggestion ? to share his knowledge. There are more hands in the world than four.