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Hang (instrument)

Hang
Free Integral Hang (2010)
Percussion instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification111.24
(Percussion vessels)
Inventor(s)Felix Rohner, Sabina Schärer
Developed2000

The Hang (German pronunciation: [haŋ];[1] plural form: Hanghang)[2] is a type of musical instrument called a handpan, fitting into the idiophone class and based on the Caribbean steelpan instrument. It was created by Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer in Bern, Switzerland. The name of their company is PANArt Hangbau AG.[3] The Hang is sometimes referred to as a hang drum, but the inventors consider this a misnomer and strongly discourage its use.[4]

The instrument is constructed from two half-shells of deep drawn, nitrided steel sheet[5][6] glued together at the rim leaving the inside hollow and creating the shape of a convex lens. The top ("Ding") side has a center 'note' hammered into it and seven or eight 'tone fields' hammered around the center. The bottom ("Gu") is a plain surface that has a rolled hole in the center with a tuned note that can be created when the rim is struck.

The Hang uses some of the same basic physical principles as a steelpan, but modified in such a way as to act as a Helmholtz resonator.[7] The creation of the Hang was the result of many years of research on the steelpan and other instruments.[8] The inventors of the Hang have continued to refine the shape and materials and have produced several variations over the years.

The name Hang comes from a Bernese German word that has a double-meaning, one of which is hand and the other hillside[9] referring to its convex shape. It is a registered trademark and property of PANArt Hangbau AG.[10]

Growth of a worldwide interest in the Hang created a group of similar instruments that are referred to as handpans, a term coined in 2007 by the American steelpan producer Pantheon Steel.

  1. ^ Duden Aussprachewörterbuch (6 ed.). Mannheim: Bibliographisches Institut & F.A. Brockhaus AG. 2006.
  2. ^ PANArt Hang Bookl008 p. 8
  3. ^ David Wessel, Andrew Morrison, Thomas Rossing: Sound of the Hang. Paper for the 155. Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Paris 2008, pp. 6257-6262 (PDF file; 1,5 MB).
  4. ^ "Letter from the Hangbauhaus November 2009". Hangblog.org. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  5. ^ Felix Rohner, Sabina Schärer: History, Development and Tuning of the Hang. pp. 1f
  6. ^ Lukas Vogelsang: Die Welt ist Blech. Über einen neu gefundenen Klang. In: ensuite – kulturmagazin. Bern, issue no. 4, April 2004, pp. 4-5 (PDF file; 2,8 MB). (German)
  7. ^ Morrison, Andrew; Rossing, Thomas D. (March 2009). "The extraordinary sound of the hang". Physics Today. 62 (3): 66. Bibcode:2009PhT....62c..66M. doi:10.1063/1.3099586.
  8. ^ PANArt Hang Booklet 2008 pp. 4ff
  9. ^ "The Origins of Handpans: The Hang from PANArt | Sylvain Paslier - Handpan Artist". Sylvain Paslier - Handpan Artist. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  10. ^ WIPO Global Brand Database. International Registration Number 969295

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