Hang

[K9 Kai Niggemann]

On 18.11.2010, at 17:04, Tony Hardie-Bick wrote:

> On 18/11/10 09:39, K9 Kai Niggemann wrote:
>> Has anyone here actually ever played a Hang?
>> 
>> I love the sound, but just realized that I never experienced playing it firsthand.
> 
> Haven't actually played one, but that's cos I'm afraid I might *need* one if I 
> did :) But I got a strong impression of the instrument - it's very subtle, and 
> works so well because the sound and what you see (or feel, if you're playing) 
> are deeply related.


There was an article in the paper recently about the two makers. 

You know that if you want one, you have to write a letter (handwritten, preferably) and apply? Then if you are selected, you can choose your own, because you have to travel to Bern to pick one up. You have to sign a contract with the makers that allows them first rights to buy it back from you, in case you ever want to sell it (that way they are trying to prevent them from showing up on ebay for 5000 EUR...

You are not supposed to play it in a downtown pedestrian zone. Not play with musical notation, not play on stage. 

They seem very strict with what they would like to see (or hear) people do with their creations. They warn you too not to overdo it with the Hang. They say you can become addicted.

In my head I am already writing that application letter...

Kai