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    Posted: September 05 2008 at 08:00

On a recent trip to Cologne, I was fascinated by a busker playing an instrument I can best describe as a conical shaped steel drum, which had indents and was played with the fingers. It had a wonderful sound but I didn't know what it was.

I have since discovered it's called a Hang (not sure how you pronounce this) and features on a recent CD by the jazz group Portico Quartet. Other bands such as Gong and possibly Muse have used one. After rummaging around the Web, I find they're very hard to get hold of!
 
Anyone else come across this instrument?
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Anyone interested should check this out, featuring Didier Malherbe in the Hadouk Trio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lHffmK96lQ
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I used to have one.  They are expensive and very hard to come by.  Long waiting list.
Occasionally popup on ebay.  Most recent one I saw for sale on ebay was going for $5K!

I have since sold it (miss it), and now use samples from Soniccouture that run on Kontakt3, triggered by a Korg padKontrol.  Fun stuff!

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I had this crazy idea of getting one myself, until I saw how much they went for!
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What an interesting instrument. I'd love to be able to play it.

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I saw some dude playing two at once while on a trip to boulder colorado, i at first thought it was a guitar before i saw it. Very cool instrument.
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What a bizzarre set of instruments in that video! I love it!

I'm gona learn the hang-drum now, i've decided. Thanks for the insentive
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Good luck getting hold of one!
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