Drawing handpan note templates

Drawing handpan note templates

In this article, we’re going to learn how to DIY-make the note magnets that are used to draw the notes on the shell or to dampen or mute their sound when we need it. The magnetic paper can be bought online, either with one side printable using a common inkjet printer...
Hammering all day!

Hammering all day!

Some days ago, the online magazine Handpan.es published a very interesting translation of a couple technical documents about handpan making. After a couple of years building instruments, making a lot of research about how to tune the mythical fifth and to get better...
Stainless steel Hijaz

Stainless steel Hijaz

We made our second (E) Hijaz, which by the way is a D harmonic minor scale. The stainless steel we are using is wonderful, not so easy to tune as it is quite nervous but the result is amazing! It gives you many hints on how to improve your tuning ability, where to hit...