What a shame
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Topic: What a shame
Posted By: choopie911
Subject: What a shame
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 5:40am
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I randomly came across this on youtube and thought it sounded quite cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC0rlXOdbXY - Hang drum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LfJLvuZqmQ - Another So I looked up some more videos and such, and read up on them. Now this is the shame part: Such a nice sounding instrument is almost literally impossible to buy. The company that makes them consists of two people, that hand make each one. There aren't any dealers, suppliers, anything of this instrument. You almost never see them online, and when you do they're well in the thousands. So what if you want to buy one? You have to fly to Switzerland and make an appointment, and bring $400 (or more) and try to order one, if you're extremely lucky. On top of that, theres also apparently a giant waiting list, so even if you do manage to place an order, you have to wait 3 years or so for it to be made. The closest alternative is http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/for-webpage-lp-hang.htm - Making your own out of a propane tank Again, for something that is so simple and has such a nice sound, that's such a shame. |
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 6:00am
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If someone made one, I'm sure others out there can too. BTW: That's freaking awesome. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: bishopisback
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 6:10am
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What is so shameful? that you can build one yourself? ------------- 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 6:10am
You certainly can make them, but sadly they sound just terrible compared to the original. There are videos of the propane tank ones and they're not even close to the calibre of a real one. |
DeTrevni wrote:Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 7:14am
| The real ones have a better and smoother sound than the propane tanks. |
Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 10:19am
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Randomly came across on youtube, or found on digg?
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 11:01am
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A convex steel drum, wow?
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Posted By: Akhmed
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 11:03am
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I think a dredlock ponytail and pro-MJ t-shirt are required to play this instrument.
*one of the above may be substituted with a hackysack ------------- "Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. " http://zombo.com/ - Most awesome site EVAR! |
Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 3:56pm
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Wow, im definately trying to make my own in the very near future. ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 4:08pm
Randomly came across on youtube. *edit* Ah I see it on digg now. Weird, I was checking out other drum videos and found that on the sidebar thing. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 4:18pm
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So this may be a WICKED stupid question. Is there background music in those videos, or is that all the instrument? I ask because it doesn'tseem too awesome if there is music in the background. ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 4:19pm
No, thats just the hang drum. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 4:22pm
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Ok then....that is pretty much the most amazing thing ever
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 4:25pm
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZAChsDGck0 - Three at once |
Posted By: Bolt3
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 4:32pm
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I saw it on digg and watched a few. Sounds really cool. ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules> |
Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 5:32pm
| haŋ (Pronounced Hang) Is definitely an awesome instrument. |
Posted By: xXK1CK1NVV1NGXx
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 6:22pm
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My crappy laptop speakers definitely must not be doing it justice, I will have to rewatch it when I get upstairs to my tower.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 7:17pm
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This actually reminded me of another cool and rare instrument:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_XPfoFZYso8 - The Glass Armonica Yes, I meant to write Armonica, that is the original and correct name. People started to think it caused insanity and/or death, so it pretty much died until someone revived it in the 80's. |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 7:47pm
| The ideal base for creating one of these would probably be the top of a 55 gallon steel oil drum. Jamaican steel drums were originally created from oil drums left behind from sailors and pilots. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 7:51pm
Probably not if you look at the shape of it. As shown, even a propane tank is closer. |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 8:13pm
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 20 May 2008 at 11:46pm
It takes a lot more metalwork to work the metal to it's convex shape, but it would be worth it in the end. The propane tank is much closer to the original shape, but the metal is too heavy to resonate with the grace of a commercial hang drum. For a little reading on steel drums, which is more or less what the hang drum is, check out http://www.toucans.net/Toc/makePan.html - this site . |