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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.
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.
Recently the dates of three upcoming Hang events in 2010 were announced:
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.
From Sept 18-21 2009 the Hang Camp U.S.A. will take place at the Apple Farm Arts and Music Center in Elmer, New Jersey. It is announced by its organizers Ron Kravitz and Jessica Styler as “the first opportunity for all Hang players across the United States to meet, learn and share ideas with each other”. A number of workshops from “Improvisation” and “Hang Techniques” to “Sound Healing with the Hang” and “Bodily Injury of Hang Musicians and how to prevent it” are planned. Additional ideas and contributions are welcome. While the camp is mainly offered to Hang players and their musical partners there will be two concerts open to the public on Saturday and Sunday night 8pm. Look for more information at the camp’s website www.hangcampusa.com.
If you search the internet, you can find a lot of information on the Hang. However there are many people asking the same questions again and again. Apparently a guide is missing that helps to find reliable and well-arranged information on the Hang easily.
The Hang Forum and the Hangblog got together and provide a new website, where anybody needs one click only to find the best information on the Hang that is convenient to his interests. Those who are totally new to the Hang as well as those who whant to know more and those who dig deeper. A guide with an URL that’s easy to keep in mind: www.hanghang.info.
And by the way you’ve learned that Hanghang is plural of Hang.
This year’s Hang Out UK will take place 18th – 20th September 2009 on Mellow Farm, Farnham, UK. The yearly event (since 2007) has become an international visited weekend for people passionate about the Hang join together to learn new techniques and play Hang. Friday night will be an open Mic, Saturday night performances by Andi Steil, In2Nation, Wa-Dohm, Spyros, Keona, Dizzi and Ann Malone are announced. Because the event is strictly limited to 80 people it is recommended to book early. More information at the Hang Out UK Website.
