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Welcome to the Metal Sounds blog
We are pleased to offer our expertise, knowledge and teaching tips and resources to help you explore the exciting world of intuitive metal drumming. Our blog is intended to be a source of information for all music and melodic percussion enthusiasts such as the handpan, tongue drum and steel drum. We share with you our passion for these exceptional instruments, their history, their particularities as well as our advice to help you use them to their best advantage. We invite you to subscribe to our newsletter to keep up to date with all the latest news about our company and the latest trends in handpan, tongue drum and steeldrum.
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The Fight for the Copyright of the Hang®: An Overview of the Panart Case
Since its invention in 2000 by the Swiss company PANArt, the Hang®, an original creation and sound sculpture, has been at the center of a legal battle between its creators (Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer) and the hundreds of handpan manufacturers around the world. The issue is to determine whether the Hang® is protected by copyright or not...
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Choosing your first Metal Percussion instrument: a buyer's guide
Choosing your first Metal Percussion Instrument: A buyer's guide How to choose a handpan? How to choose a steelpan? What will be the perfect steel tongue drum for you? Find answers in this collaborative article written by Donna Maurer.
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