Created in 2000, the Hang (pronounced "hung") is one of the younger musical instruments. It comes from Bern, Switzerland, and was created by Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer OF THE PANArt Company. It was the result of many years of research on the steel pan and many other resonating percussion instruments from around the world: Gong, Gamelan, Ghatam, drums, cowbells, MUSICAL Saw... Link to some good demos of its sound. I particularly like the one with GiDDA and MUM. Word has it that the company, PANArt, produces very few of these. Might be a little hard to get ahold of, especially in the US.
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What the? It's like the opposite of my name! Spelled Hung but pronounced "hang!"
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