Oval Sound has created the very first digital HandPan instrument aptly named OVAL that allows you to play, learn and perform music thanks to its companion smartphone and tablet application. Even ...

The Austrian percussionist, on his journey from drums to handpan, collaborations with Indian and global artistes, and bringing his trio back to India for a seven-city tour The first thing one noticed ...

Is it a UFO? Is it some kind of butt-massaging meditation stool? Is it a wok with a damaged lid? No, it's the Oval digital handpan. The light, portable and durable instrument has been designed to have ...

Ukrainian musician Zhenya Topov teaches handpan now but remembers how mysterious the instrument seemed the first time he saw it. "I was very much, like, what is that thing?" he said. Topov decided he ...

During a tense scene in Netflix’s hit drama Narcos, a Colombian official confronts Pablo Escobar over his prolific drug smuggling, and their standoff is punctuated by the strange sounds of a metallic ...

Equipped with a selection of meditative sounds that includes handpan, gamelan, sitar and singing bowl, it's a Bluetooth speaker and MIDI controller too When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Synthesizer giant Roland just announced a fairly bizarre contraption. The Mood Pan is the company's digital take on an acoustic handpan. For the uninitiated, a handpan is a version of the steelpan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The handpan is a melodic dome-shaped percussion instrument. It’s recently garnered interest at Pleasant Mountain Music in ...

Mark Garner, owner of Saraz Musical Instruments, talks about and demonstrates how to play a handpan at the company factory in Black Mountain. 5/30/14. Robert Bradley ...

Ever heard of a handpan? If not, imagine a steel drum turned inside out, and in case that doesn’t help either, just think of a big metal pan you play music with by tapping your hands on its ...

Circular sheet metal is stacked on the ground in an unusual metal shop, next in line to become a 21st-century instrument by the Saraz Handpan company. The dome-shaped object is hammered into shape ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — A North Idaho man is finding healing through nature and music while playing a very unique instrument. You may have seen Adam Foote playing his handpan while walking the streets ...