A design must be reg­is­tered before a pub­lic pre­sen­ta­tion of an object. PANArt did not do this with the famous Hang sound sculp­ture. In cer­tain coun­tries, how­ev­er, copy­right pro­tec­tion applies, for exam­ple in Switzerland.

About the rights and the phi­los­o­phy of PANArt

This arti­cle is intend­ed to con­tribute to a bet­ter under­stand­ing of PANArt’s posi­tion and to clear up misunderstandings.

In our new sec­tion Instru­ments we pro­vide an overview of the var­i­ous Pang instru­ments cur­rent­ly built by PANArt. In this con­text we also present you with our newest instru­ment, the Hang® Gede. 

First expe­ri­ences with the Hang® Bal in a larg­er group of play­ers con­firmed our expec­ta­tions towards our new sound sculp­ture. For whom is the Hang® Bal suitable? 

The art of the met­al sound sculp­tor resides above all in his abil­i­ty to con­struct his sound sculp­ture as an inter­com­mu­ni­cat­ing sys­tem of ener­gy stores. The com­plex­i­ty of these instru­ments also has con­se­quences for their players. 

The call of iron has tak­en us, here at PANArt, a big step fur­ther. Pang, the sheet that serves as PANArt’s raw mate­r­i­al, has over recent months giv­en birth to nov­el res­o­nance bod­ies. These have come togeth­er to form the Pang ensem­ble. The cre­ative path has led us away from the sound sculp­ture Hang, and towards Pang’s oth­er poten­tial­i­ties: instru­ments whose bod­ies can also bring forth a dri­ving, pul­sat­ing bass. 

With ​‘Secrets of the Steel­pan – Unlock­ing the Secrets of the Sci­ence, Tech­nol­o­gy, Tun­ing and Oper­a­tion of the Steel­pan’ Dr. Antho­ny Achong is pre­sent­ing his life’s work, a sum­ma­ry of his exten­sive stud­ies on the steel­pan. Here you can read a review by PANArt tuner Felix Rohner.

If you would like to get to know the musi­cal instru­ment Gubal®, we sug­gest you read this arti­cle. Here you can find out what this instru­ment is about.