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PANArt: Pan building – Hungary 1989
Category: History Author: Felix Rohner 8th April 2016
PANArt: “Panyard Magazin”
Editors: Sabina Schärer, Markus Hochstrasser, Werner Egger
PANYARD: Schärer about Art and Science
PANYARD Magazin 1/ 1994
Cosmopan GmbH /Steelpans (Switzerland)
Werner Egger, Esa Tervala
Reto Weber – the Spark that started a Handpan fire
Musician Reto Weber is visiting PANArt and describes an instrument, that he wishes for.
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Early Hang was with borders and nipples
The first Hang instruments had sharp borders and little nipples.
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PANArt Hang Presentation Munich
presentation without patent and price for outstanding technical archievement in craftsmanship
Publication by PANArt: “PANArt Papers”
Presented by PANArt at the Conference on New Developments of the Steelpan, The Holiday Inn – La Villette, Paris, France – 20th of May 2000
Article, NZZ 9/2000 “Arbeiten am Wohlklang” (german)
article about PANArt Hang (Original: german, translated to en by DeepL)
PANArt in Trinidad at „International Conference on the Science and Technology of the Steelpan“
"In the same year, we accepted an invitation to the first International Conference on Steelpan Science and Technology (ICSTS 2000) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, where we presented our pang instruments and our research results. "It sounds like in the old days". This was the reaction of the scholars of Trinidad. For us this meant a confirmation, because it was indeed the sound of the old steel bands that had inspired us. "
Hang labeled as “musical instrument”
Last Updated on 29. July 2021 In the first years the Hang is labeled (by everyone, first of all by PANArt themselves) as a new „musical instrument“. There are countless sources, articles, publications by PANArt, and patents by PANArt, etc. The term “musical instrument stays with PANArt also in later years – till nowadays. … Continue reading "Hang labeled as “musical instrument”"
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PANArt Hang Presentation Frankfurt
Hang is called „a new musical instrument“. (without patent or copyright)
Article, “The new sound for cultures and cows”
Schärer: "a fusion with strange cultures" (translated)
Article (german): Hightechblech statt Trinidadklischees
Felix Rohner (PANArt) "10 years of tireless research with physicists, engineers, metallurgists and companies like Hirsig Blechtechnik Belp lie in this instrument. Only an interdisciplinary approach has made the result possible. "
Article : PANArt transforms the steel drum to a higher level, Swissinfo
Rohner: "We approached scientists, engineers and even philosophers and they formed a circle of people to help us make this revolution."
Article: STICKS 10/2001 – Infotest: PANArt HANG
"A truly exotic looking and sounding percussion instrument with a light, friendly vibe."
The HANG: A Hand-Played Steel Drum
"The HANG is a new steel percussion instrument, consisting of two spherical shells of steel, suitable for playing with the hands.(...)The holographic interferograms below show the first five modes of vibration in one note area"
Term “Hangdrum” appears 2002
Quote-Collection about the new term "Hangdrum". "Hang" is pronounced "Hung" and would refer to a large sexual organ in American English- Therfor "Hangdrum" comes up...
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2002 – Product “new musical instrument” Hang
"HANG means in the Bernese language hand, and so this new instrument of the millenium is played with the hands. Since its premier at the Frankfurter Musikmesse 2001 it has won many hearts from musicians all over the world."
PANArt: “Tuners and Panmaker may buy PANArt’s rawform. “
"Some tuners from Europe, USA, Canada and from Trinidad have already worked on the new rawform. Different sounds and all layouts can be made with the rawform."
Product “New Musical Instrument” Hang
Waybackmachine Capture from www.hang.ch
‘PANArt Steelpan-Manufaktur AG’ renamed to ‘PANArt Hangbau AG’
"...development, manufacture and distribution of musical instruments..."
Article: JAZZ TIMES Magazine, “PANArt Hang”
"(...)The instrument, which look like a flying saucer, resulted of many years of research on the steel pan and various percussion instruments(...)" article by Ian Dogole
Hangblog: PANArt patent is published
„Production of a steel pan instrument comprises deep drawing a section of a steel sheet forming a sheet membrane with a bulge, hardening the sheet membrane and joining the sheet membrane with a cylindrical or quasi-cylindrical casing“.
