A new company in Winsloe is bringing the sweet sounds of Jamaica to Prince Edward Island and customers around the world. Owner Pepeto Pinto creates handpans, small steel instruments that look like a ...

A musician who has spent decades playing unusual instruments has opened what he believes is the only specialist handpan and didgeridoo shop in ...

Ukrainian musician Zhenya Topov teaches handpan now but remembers how mysterious the instrument seemed the first time he saw it. "I was very much, like, what is that thing?" he said. Topov decided he ...

A handpan stands out as a distinctive musical instrument, with its cost linked to the craftsmanship invested in its creation. If you have a desire to learn how to play, there are numerous learning ...

It is also said to be grabbing the attention of amateur and seasoned musicians in India. Relaxing, pleasing, calming, meditative — common adjectives handpan players use while talking about the ...

Synthesizer giant Roland just announced a fairly bizarre contraption. The Mood Pan is the company's digital take on an acoustic handpan. For the uninitiated, a handpan is a version of the steelpan ...

Mark Garner, owner of Saraz Musical Instruments, talks about and demonstrates how to play a handpan at the company factory in Black Mountain. 5/30/14. Robert Bradley ...

Have you heard of the handpan? It’s a percussion musical instrument that originated about a decade and a half ago and looks a bit like a UFO. It’s a cross between a Caribbean Steel Pan and the Indian ...