Handpan Drum 440Hz 22 Inches 10 Notes Hand Drum, D Minor Kurd Premium Nitrided Steel Handpan Drums Musical Instrument for Adults Hand Pan Drum Ensemble Instrument (Gold)

Just got it so I'm still learning but if you're like me and you just want to experience and learn the handpan, this is a winner. It's 10% of the cost of a custom built instrument which - of course - I assume would be a lot better quality. But if you just want to learn the instrument, what you want is something that has good sound and accurate notes, and this "cheap Chinese product" seems to check those boxes. I also have a steel tongue drum, which I love, but the handpan is much more intimate - played with the hands so it's a beautiful intersection of human touch and man-made instrument. They can say these are just cheap Chinese products, but when you look at the underside you can see the hand made markings and you can see all the small hammer pings made when tuning it. There is no way to just produce a handpan on a manufacturing line - it must be made with hands and this clearly was. Is it the best one ever? Of course not. Is it acceptable to learn the instrument? ABSOLUTELY.

Wonderful sound for home sound-healing sessions and music nights with friends.

Beautiful sound. Easy to use and learn. So glad I added that to my sound therapy

GREETINGS! I LUV THESE DRUMS, BUT THE PRICES OF THE REALLY GOOD ONES NOT SO MUCH! BUT TRUTH IS EXPENSIVE OR CHEAP THEY CAN ALL GO OUT OF TUNE WITH THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE! BUT THAT SAID IT IS NOT DIFFICULT TO TUNE ONE! AND SO BEING MUSICAL AND MECHANICALLY INCLINED I OPTED FOR A CHEAPER ONE (TWO ACTUALLY) AND WILL TUNE IT TO THE AVERAGE TEMP WHERE I END UP! NO BIG DEAL. BUT I LUV THE WAY THESE SOUND! HELL I BOUGHT TWO OF THEM! AND WHETHER IT BE MY GIRLFRIEND OR WIFE (HAVE NEITHER RIGHT NOW) OR THEIR KIDS, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO LOSE STRESS AND CHILL. WHEN YOU FIDDLE WITH ONE YOU MELLOW AND GET COMPLETELY LOST IN IT, AND FORGET ALL WHAT'S TROUBLING YOU! AND THAT LEADS TO A LONGER AND HAPPIER LIFE! MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL...

I didn’t even know that this “instrument“ existed until about a month ago, interestingly enough. I saw a concert with someone playing one of these. So when I saw this come up, I thought well I’ve gotta get one. I’m a classical musician who plays other instruments professionally, so this sort of hipster beardy dude thing is somewhat not in my wheelhouse. Nonetheless, this instrument seems to be very well made, is very attractive, and is very in tune for our western tuning systems. If it’s not at A440, it is very close (I didn’t check with a tuner, but I have “perfect pitch”.) The little stand to display it is nice, although as the literature reminds you, this is not how it’s actually played – you’re supposed to just hold it on your lap like the pictures of the pensive man-bun beardy dude in the brochure (yeah, he ticks all the boxes!) It comes with a few accessories, including mallets for testing the tuning or if you’re just bad at playing the thing, I guess, as well as a cleaning rag and a very nice carrying bag. My one tiny minor wish is that the carrying bag had an external pocket to hold the cleaning cloth and a couple of other things. But this is a minor gripe. The carrying case is nicely padded and very well-made, with both a handle and backpack straps, so you have a couple options to carry this thing around while keeping your hands free for the bag that holds your ocarina, hacky sack, and beard comb, perhaps. I don’t know that I will get a lot of use out of this, and I may eventually gift it to the local artist that I saw playing it, because it seems very much like a quality instrument. But it is a very interesting and attractive thing just to display in the house to say “I’m this sort of person“. Which I enjoy, I guess, even ironically.

This is my first "Handpan". I have heard them called hang drums also. I have been working with Caribbean Steel Drum bands since the mid 90's and this drum is definitely not a steel pan. This drum has way less notes than a steel pan and it is played completely differently. This drum has an etherial aspect to it. It is tuned in a d minor scale of some type and is very easy to pick up and play. The short video I included was made about 5 minutes after I opened the box. When the Handpan is sitting on your lap you can't actually see all the notes since some are on the convex side opposite you. Maybe if I was sitting crosslegged on the floor...like THAT is going to happen...I have seen people play similar drums with it held kind of on its edge but then only one hand can be used to play the notes. Anyway, I am very impressed with the quality of the instrument and the included accessories. All the notes are in tune (and this is after it was shipped to me via UPS). There are no dead or funky sounding notes on the instrument. In the box came a display stand, a case, a polishing cloth and some dinky mallets. I am not a fan of the mallets as part of the ethos of playing this instrument is the way you strike it with your fingers. it is a HANDpan after all. One thing to be aware of is this is a carbon steel instrument without a finish on it. If you get it wet it will rust. Maybe if you live in a very humid climate you will need to take special care to keep it from rusting. I live in the desert so it's not a big deal. There are lots of peeps playing these on Youtube and I have seen them on FB too. Cool drum.