Update on the "Hang" Percussion Instrument

Posted on Sep 12, 2006 | 1 comment
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Update on the "Hang" Percussion Instrument

Last year I posted a little item about my discovery of this wonderful instrument. Since then, that post has become increasingly popular, and so it seems appropriate to offer some updated information. The site of the people in Switzerland who make the hang is currently down, as is the site of the Canadian distributor whom I’d linked to in my previous...

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The Hang

Posted on Nov 9, 2005 | 11 comments
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The Hang

NOTE: An update to this item was posted on September 12, 2006. You’ll find fresher information there. One day last week while walking in Golden Gate Park, I heard an attractive percussion sound coming from near the fountain by the de Young. I went to investigate and discovered This Guy sitting on a bench and gently tapping what looked like a flying...

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The manDrum

Posted on Aug 29, 2005 | 0 comments
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My old friend Chris Mandra appeared out of nowhere this weekend, announcing that he was in San Francisco and on the way to Burning Man. When I say “old”… he was among my first friends when I arrived at the University of the Arts as a freshman, so we’re talking exactly twenty years now. Holy moly. So, Chris is an interesting guy. He has...

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