8. October 2021 - Article: They Invented the Must-Have Instrument for the Burning Man Set. Now They Want to Kill It Off

Illustration: Panayiotis Terzis

Bloomberg News, article by Ellen Huet

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-10-08/the-handpan-s-creators-want-to-keep-their-invention-pure-it-may-not-survive

“A key question in the handpan struggle is whether Rohner and Schärer will ever be able to kill off the instrument—even if they spend millions trying. At the most, they may simply stifle the businesses of some of the most prolific handpan makers.”

“…the mass commercialization of the handpan was as inevitable as it is now irreversible.”