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In the year 2001 PANArt introduced the Hang. 10 years later the Hang builders at PANArt, Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer, are using this anniversary as an opportunity to communicate to a broad public where the “call of iron” has taken them, where they stand today and how they intend to continue. The Hang Library publishes the PANArt communication in four different languages: German, English, French and Italian.

Read the communication “The call of iron”
in the Hang Library.

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.

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Those interested in knowing more about the history of the Hang will find two new publications in the Hang Library.

On the occasion of its 10th jubilee PANArt released an anniversary publication in the year 2003. A selection of texts contained in this publication can be downloaded in the Hang Library now. All texts are in German language.

10 Jahre PANArt
Auszüge aus der Jubiliäumsschrift

2007 was the second year when PANArt built the new generation of Hanghang. The Hang Library documents the “Letter from Hangbauhaus” sent by the hang makers to people who had contacted them to ask for a Hang. It contained a short history of the development of the Hang, introduced the new generation of Hanghang and explained how the Hang was distributed in the year 2007.

Letter from Hangbauhaus
Bern, End of March, 2007

PANArt published a newsletter in the Hang Library concerning it’s work with sound and the sale of Hanghang in the year 2010. People considering buying a Hang will find some up to date information there.

Read the Newsletter PANArt, May 19th, 2010
in the Hang Library.

Those clients who currently visit the Hangbauhaus to choose a Free Integral Hang get a brochure with the title “Hang Guide”. The Hang makers Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer wrote down a few thoughts from their trove of experience to make the access to playing the Hang easier. Essential aspects of the Hang and of playing it are addressed in order to encourage and support individual explorations for the sound sculpture. There are explanations to the Free Integral Hang and its sentiment to tuning, to the art of tuning by PANArt in addition to a few practical tips.

Because this introduction to free Hang playing is also useful for playing a second-generation Hang (2006-2007) or an Integral Hang (2008-2009), PANArt has decided to publish a PDF of this brochure in the Hang Library.

It is published in four different languages: Englisch, German, French and Italian.

Read the Hang Guide
in the Hang Library.

The hang community has suggested all sorts of anticorrosive products for the treasured instrument, from B as in bee’s wax to W as in lubricants for weapons. The magic word which sages had always suggested was Biofa hard oil. However, the hard oil era is coming to an end. Since 2009 PANArt is recommending a new cleaning and anticorrosive fluid.

Read the article “A new cleaning and anticorrosion fluid”
in the Hang Library.

For over two years now, this website has been online in its familiar appearance. Now seems the time to realize some basic changes. For quite some time, the Hangblog has not been a typical blog, and lots of items and contributions just didn’t fit into the structure of a Blog anymore. Besides working on a new design, I am also restructuring the contents.

In the future, the website will be organized in two segments: the Hang Blog and the Hang Library. They can be distinguished by the two different color schemes. The Hang Blog has an orange navigation bar showing the different categories. The Hang Library, however, appears with a gray navigation bar. The header of the website allows you to switch between the Blog and the Library as well as between the German and the English pages.

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With the kind permission of PANArt the Hangblog publishs a letter, the Hang makers Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer sent to people who asked in the last two years for an Integral Hang, but weren’t able to acquire one. The text answers the question: “What is a Hang and what is it not?” and announces the new Free Integral Hang.

The text is published in five languages: Englisch, German, French, Italian and Spanish.

Read the “Letter from the Hangbauhaus November 2009″
in the Hang Library.

Contrary to various rumors and misunderstandings PANArt continues to build the Integral Hang in 2009. Periods when people can visit the Hangbauhaus and pick their Hanghang are already planned for summer and autumn. The Hang makers are sending letters inviting those who are able to purchase a Hang. The letters contain a statement where they outline their point of view regarding the Hang in the year 2009. The Hang: A sculpture, a listening device. Hang playing: Immersing oneself in a spherical world through intuitive play with the hands. Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer characterize the central aspect of their work as “harmony, equilibrium – proportion”. With the agreement they engage in with their customers they want to establish a culture of trust and respect. The Hang makers have trusted their 2009 statement with the Hangblog to be made available online.

Read the text “The Integral Hang 2009″
in the Hang Library.

In early 2008 PANArt created a booklet that offered insight into the various phases of the Hang’s development. It also introduced the Integral Hang, so a printed copy was given to all new buyers. For this information to become available to a wider audience, the Hang makers have now authorized the Hangblog to make the booklet available online as PDF. It is published in five different languages: Englisch, German, French, Spanish and Italian.

Read the PANArt Hang Booklet 2008
in the Hang Library.