The Hang Drum  History of the Hang Drum
Created in 2000, the Hang (pronounced "hung"or "hong") is one of the younger musical instruments.
It originated in Bern, Switzerland, and was created by Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer OF THE PANArt Company.
It is melodious percussive and similar to a steel drum. It uses many of the same physical principles to operate. However, since it is struck with the fingers, the sound is generally much softer than a steel drum, and can be played in many ways to produce a large variety of sounds.
 In the Bernese language, Hang refers to the human hand, as in "hand-drum." This percussion instrument is comprised of two metal hemispheres bonded together: the DING side and the GU side.The DING side CONTAINS 7 or 8 tone fields which together form the "tone circle" (scale or mode). This circle surrounds a central dome, called the DING (which sounds like a Gong).
On the GU side, there is a hand size hole (called the GU) for sound resonance. The GU can be played like an udu, or used to modulate the sound of the DING.
Ding side of the Hang Gu side of the Hang
The Hang makes friends quickly. In my experience, people remember it as a fantastic instrument with a fabulous tone from the first time they encounter it, and musicians are intrigued by it as soon as they touch it.
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