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Balu Sei, Sai und Sui

Pan­go­lo

Balu Urgu und Hang Godo

Every year, the Edu­ca­tion and Cul­ture Depart­ment of the Can­ton of Bern awards a prize to four musi­cians.

This year, Sabi­na Schär­er and Felix Rohn­er were hon­ored for their many years of work on sound sculp­tures and in par­tic­u­lar for their cre­ation, the ​“Hang”.

Musikpreise des Kan­tons Bern 2020

The Hang®, cre­at­ed by Sabi­na Schär­er and Felix Rohn­er in 2000, and pro­duced and dis­trib­uted by PANArt Hang­bau AG, Bern, Switzer­land, is pro­tect­ed by copyright.

Why this is so, and what it means, we want to answer by means of ques­tions that are fre­quent­ly asked by sup­pli­ers of hand pans and oth­er peo­ple inter­est­ed in the topic.

The enor­mous eco­nom­ic impor­tance of intel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty for our soci­ety and the need for effi­cient legal pro­tec­tion of inno­va­tions and invest­ments in tech­nol­o­gy and cul­ture are now recognized.

Eng­lish sub­ti­tles can be acti­vat­ed in the video settings.

Con­tri­bu­tion of the Coopzeitung on the top­ics Panart, Hang and Balu, 13.01.2020

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.

Lyrics and vocals: Felix Rohn­er – Hang Bal, Hang Godo, Hang Gede: PANArt Pan­gensem­ble – Video: Basil Rohner 

In remem­brance of my grand­fa­ther who dur­ing my school holy­days let me be a part of his dai­ly work as a sheet met­al work­er, I ded­i­cate this song to all sheet met­al sound work­ers around the world.

To the Lyrics

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. 

For many years now Michael Paschko from Dort­mund has been doc­u­ment­ing and com­ment­ing on the work of PANArt Hang Man­u­fac­tur­ing Ltd. His web­site www​.hang​blog​.org has become an essen­tial source of infor­ma­tion on our activ­i­ties – not to be missed! The site has just been relaunched with up-to-date con­tent and a new layout. 

In 1976 the steel­pan arrived in Bern. In 2016 PANArt intro­duced the Hang Bal. From the ​“round the neck” steel­band via the Hang to the ​“round the shoul­der” Hang Bal Spiel.

With footage and pho­tos from PANArt’s archive, Basil Rohn­er’s video gives us an overview of 40 years of work on the ring of steel.

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 Trinida­di­an peo­ple gave a gift to the world: the sweet sound of steel. Each indi­vid­ual has to find out what is meant by this gift. You have to live it, to eat it, do digest it. In 1994 the steel orches­tra Orig­i­nal Bernese Oil Com­pa­ny orga­nized the first inter­na­tion­al Pan­yard in Europe. It was an insight into the nature of this gift from Trinidad, into the nature of human beings. This is a glimpse of the clos­ing par­ty. Enjoy! 

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. 

A song ded­i­cat­ed to sheet met­al sound sculp­tors and to those who would like to become one – by Felix Rohn­er, tuner