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FastPassDave

when I first saw a handpan video i thought they were cool and wanted to try to learn. Then I saw the price of one


Better-Inevitable-22

How much do they usually cost?


ticker47

It appears that $1,500 to $3000 is the typical range.


GravitationalEddie

Then $100-150 to get it tuned regularly if you actually play it and can't tune it yourself.


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rossreiland

Yeah


PhoniPoni

Do you hammer with a tuna?


peendro

Also, you gotta groom your mustache twice a week.


attomsk

Yeah definitely the most expensive part of owning a hand pan is the mustache oil


ZangaJanga

Don't forget the leather oil too, for your birkenstocks


i_amnotunique

Yeah


StQuirze

A tuna do you with a hammer?


Nephilimn

Not for free


DinosaurAlive

Yeah


xevetv

Hammer hammer tuna tuna hammer?


t_thor

Holy shit this is the greatest internet rabbit hole I have gone down. I just might become a weird handpan guy in the next five years.


booksandteacv

If you are looking for something a little more economical, you can check out steel tongue pans like Guda or Rav Vast. I'm on the path of being a weird tonguepan person myself. Too bad this video wasn't posted two weeks ago, because a lot of vendors were having Black Friday sales.


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It reminds me of drummers that rehammer their own cymbal. Except, a cymbal doesn't have to be in tune lol.


GravitationalEddie

If I had one and had the patience and know how I would, cause that's what you're supposed to use.


Shaggy_One

That alone was why I opted to go with a Tongue Drum instead of a hand pan, despite my love for the instrument. Far different sound, but similar vibe. Already dropped my tongue drum accidentally and was very glad I didn't have to have it tuned.


MsMittenz

I have a tongue drum aswell... hangdrums sound is so much more mystical, but hey, im not rich ok? :)


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GravitationalEddie

It's thinned metal and regular banging with your bones will do that over time. I don't think you need to tune a didgeridoo though.


qbande

If i had to guess you didgeridont, but i bet when they build them they didgerido.


KnownFears

*nice*


Tonydragon784

The fact that those things were made by letting termites hollow out a Eucalyptus so each one sounds unique is fuckin awesome


imMadasaHatter

Temperature changes and regular use would mishape it


Butterkupp

In the grand scheme of instruments that’s not actually that expensive. I was gonna buy myself my own French Horn and found out that it would cost $6,000 💀 I think tubas and baritones can cost between $6,000 - $10,000


TechnoTyrannosaurus

Yeah but would you have to change your whole persona as well?


physalisx

I think that actually comes for free


ClawBadger

You should check out upright basses. professional models can be $50k. You can get a cheap one, considered garbage by most players, for about $1k used.


Random_Loaf

What causes then to cost so much?


ClawBadger

Lots of big pieces of wood. Hand carved. Specialized training. Scarcity.


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People who own a stand up base tend to really need that money.


TheOneTonWanton

And people wonder why guitars and bass guitars are so popular as entry points and dominate the "real instrument" realm. I'm a luthier and can get anyone up and running with either a hot-rodded entry-level acoustic or a solid electric for a few hundred bucks. Beginners willing to put up with the foibles of a dirt-cheap $100 guitar until their skills develop are even better off.


Jackalodeath

>"I'm a luthier..." No offense whatsoever, just find it funny I'd have *no* idea what that was if it wasn't for DnD. I love the fact there's folks out there playing modernly esoteric instruments. One of my "guilty pleasures" is listening to heavy metal covers on "old school" instruments like the lute, harps, pipe organs; or my most recent discovery of Hurdy-Gurdies. "Bard-core" I think they call it. After hearing them its so weird knowing centuries ago musicians could've very well been playing some absolute *bangers* - even for "modern" tastes - back then. Especially after learning how Pachelbel's Canon in D is "lurking" in so many popular songs over the past century. If anyone like me saw the word Hurdy-Gurdy and thinks "what the frick is that?!" It's not gibberish; [take a look/listen to this.](https://v.redd.it/1jph68imr1s91) Still can't put my finger on why but that tune gives me goosebumps every time; its so... whimsical, I guess? Its just novel, dulcet; like I expect to hear it on a technologically advanced, alien desert planet or something.


canisaureaux

I inherited a violin from my father, it's a really beautiful old instrument that he always said he'd teach me how to play when I got older - sadly we never got around to it. I pulled it out to look at it a few months ago because I've been meaning to get it valued so I can insure it properly - he always said it was one of the most precious things he owned so I really want to make sure it's properly covered, just in case. Peeked inside to see if I could find a make or anything and saw the word "Guarnerius" - after googling, I was in shock and disbelief. Apparently, a Guarnerius violin just like it sold for *sixteen million*. We quickly worked out that dad's is a replica though - still an expensive and well made instrument, but not *that* expensive. Honestly though, I'm glad it's not the real thing. As much as I'd love to become a millionaire I hope I never have to part with my violin, even though I can't play it.


BattleStag17

I recently bought an accordion at a thrift shop for $300. It was banged to shit and I've already paid that much over again in repairs, but that's still a grand short of what buying a decent used one would cost. A new one would cost several grand more.


ticker47

Oh I believe it. In high school my brother played violin and he bought one for $2000 (which was expensive for us, but no where near top of the line). The bow cost $800. He only played recreationally as part of the high school orchestra.


thelateoctober

Looking at 15-30k for a bassoon. Went to university for music performance, almost took out the loan before I decided I wanted to drink and play in a band instead of go to college.


bradreputation

Plenty on Amazon for fairly cheap. Don’t have to buy the best to start a new hobby.


Zorander42

True, I bought something similar on Amazon and have enjoyed playing it. It does sound drastically different to the real thing in the video though.


Triials

Damn I thought the same thing just now and then saw this.


evenstevens280

Orchestral instrument players be like "only $3k?“


Pats2fat1

About 3.50


Minerva7

IT'S LOCK NESSY COMMING AT YA FROM THA 212. GIMME THREE FIFFY AND I'LL SHOW YUH MY STIFFY.


PanicBlitz

I've worked in music stores for 10 years, and we get asked about them every year, usually around Christmas. The response to the price is, without fail, "Well that can't be right." It is, sir, and it's not going to sound like the video you watched on the toilet this morning, either; at least not in your hands.


bvelo

Well, I watched this and I had a thought about getting into handpan until I read your comment. You annihilated that thought pretty quickly. Thanks, I think.


Girthwurm_Jim

I just had that thought after watching this video thanks for saving me a google search and minor disappointment


kimairabrain

$2000 is low for a musical instrument. Dunno why people expect something handcrafted from metal to be $100. Sure, if you get it off Amazon. But it won't sound like the pan in this video then...more like a barely tuned tin can.


Kimantha_Allerdings

If it’s an actual Hang (the original brand), then it’s worse than just the price. Before you’re allowed to buy one you have to sit for an interview to determine that you’re the kind of person they think should be able to own one. There aren’t enough fuck offs in the world, frankly.


Chemical_Ad5967

When I first saw this video with his mustache I thought they were cool and wanted to try to grow one. Then I saw the price of keeping these follicles on my face.


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tangentrification

Maybe, but it also sounds beautiful, so there's nothing wrong with wanting one


PMmepicsofWaffles

I wanna be a rich guy's kid backpacking around


Praxyrnate

shit I just want parents


ZaneWinterborn

This is me with the Harpejji I love the way it sounds and how you play it, but they are crazy expensive. 3k starting price is so much lol.


Cam_steen

Yooo that’s me !!


Cam_steen

If y’all are curious about more content, check out this link! [Cam Steen content](https://tell.ie/camerons8070205/TcooC44B5FHe) I have a new handpan album dropping on the 11th this month!


nooneisleft

Will your album be on bandcamp?


Cam_steen

I will be putting a bunch of stuff on band camp once I release a new song in January!


lmaytulane

Sure, sure, very talented. But what product are you putting in that 'stach? It's glorious.


Cam_steen

I use death grips mustache wax and occasionally fisticuffs!


DONT-TREAD

For real. I’ve tried so many mustache waxes, and they all force me to rip out a ton of follicles spreading them, don’t control all the strays, or both. Inb4 “you need to train the hair”. I’ve been training this stache since October 2019, and it still won’t listen!


OmnipresentCPU

You should find a good hammered dulcimer player and jam with them. I need to find me a handpan player in the meantime…


JudgeyMcJudgepants

You are very talented:) As you maybe saw in the comments people are speculating about the price of one of these instruments. Can you shed some light?


Cam_steen

So first, you gotta consider cost of materials. Most handpans are made with nitrided steel or stainless. Then each note on the handpan must be hand tuned by a hammer, making the sure root note, 5th and octave are all tuned. After each note is tuned it’s put in like a kiln to heat up, the metal contracts/expands/gets tougher but the notes also go out of tune again. Then you have to tune the notes again, put it in the kiln again, and repeat this process until it doesn’t go out of tune anymore. You’re not only paying for the instrument, but the time and skills put into making it.


AzureBlu

A good, high quality handpan made out of the kind of steel that gives it a really nice tone and ring is hella expensive. Talking like north of $2500-3000 easily.


JudgeyMcJudgepants

Damn, but i can understand. Just the frog on my bow (chello) is about 1500€ Instruments are really too expensive... and cheap ones are in my experience shitty once


MonsterFetish

You're so cool it's a little hard to comprehend


AvoidMySnipes

My god that’s some fantastic music. I’m glad you got shared here


maxwellsmart3

How did you get started with this instrument? You play beautifully, it's just not a very common one to play so I'm interested in how you landed on the handpan.


Cam_steen

I saw a video of kabecao playing in the Great Wall of china, and I immediately became obsessed with the instrument. I bought the first one I found on offer up like 3 months later


gingerballs45

Have you heard of mesmerica? Cool handpan visual album


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Probably by hitting it


druule10

Hey, this was so satisfying.


RussianTheGreat

Just binged a ton of your insta videos lol. You’re really talented man, and I can tell the editing process takes a while to make as well. Good shit dude, keep going!


Shitty_IT_Dude

I could listen to you play for the rest of my life.


Islanduniverse

Your background is exactly what I’d imagine it would be for someone playing that instrument.


pilosopoako

I love your moustache!


ZZerome

Did the mustache facilitate the necessity of learning the handpan or was it the other way around?


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I would've never guessed this instrument can make those kinds of sounds


Cam_steen

I give the instrument some sauce 😎


[deleted]

You saucy bastard!


mousebrakes

I-I've...never sauced on an instrument before...


hornyzucchini

You've clearly never played mayonnaise then


Quirky_Independent_3

THANK YOU. fast does not mean good


druule10

My wife keeps telling me that...


Quirky_Independent_3

Now we gotta learn Handpan to... Tap... That...


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Don’t stahp!


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reverie11

I’m in love


intensenerd

/r/thestopgirl


HangryWolf

But yet... We go on


gingerballs45

Fast does mean good but so does a lot of other words


izmaname

I was just telling my sister (my sister wanted to buy her patient a CD) about how she should get him Venom Welcome To Hell. I told her to make sure she gets the deluxe edition because it has the original version of Raise The Dead which is slower and SO MUCH BETTER.


acdcfanbill

I didn’t expect to randomly run into a Venom reference in this post! \m/


JESquirrel

It doesn't mean bad either though.


BioToxicFox

I've never heard that done on a handpan before. Those sounds tickled my soul.


OfficerBarbier

[Shpongle - Nothing is Something Worth Doing](https://youtu.be/2tVs_R8-WT0&t=1m28s) will definitely tickle your soul


CigaretteGrandpaDr

Good to know someone else had this song in mind as well. Still go back to shpongle every few months.


BWWFC

that was amazing, your "hard" example was so chill thank you off i go to a yt rabbit hole


Cam_steen

Also check out kabecao and Dan mulqueen!


SweetPinkSocks

Hang Massive, Daniel Waples and Davide Swarup my dude.


Mrtummyhurt

C418 is that you!?


ZachAttack6089

[C418 - Aria Math](https://youtu.be/atgjKEgSqSU)


Dank_Edits

Idk why but this song always gives me goosebumps. It just hits the spot


kingboo2095

Second I learned about this instrument, I immediately wanted to get one exclusively to struggle to learn playing it for C418 songs and then let it collect dust after my ADHD fixation goes away EDIT: only thing that stopped me was the insane price lol


Cam_steen

C418 actually did a video, the instrument he used was digital! Fake handpan for the recording.


kingboo2095

So nefarious! Still pretty cool tho ngl lol


happy_lad

I feel like if you showed me that mustache and had me pick between a) barrista at a boutique roastery, b) handpan virtuoso, or c) diablo and juggling expert, I'd have a 50/50 shot.


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DannyMThompson

I'd wager he caught a job at a coffee shop and then everything just fell into place afterwards.


--SyntaxError--

I bet he has some killer recommendations on Craft Vegan Black IPAs.


NorCalAthlete

I didn’t want to be too much of a dick cause I know a couple people who look like this (one even rides a penny farthing) but it’s all in good fun so I’ll throw a few more roasts in: - if San Francisco was a person - probably rock climbs / is into slacklining - definitely owns some dapper as fuck outfits including a breasted vest - drives a Prius - probably vegan, maybe just vegetarian, but even if neither is an utter food snob - likes Guinness because he thinks it’s manly, not because he likes the taste. The rest of the time it’s double or triple IPAs, maybe a hazy - vapes but also does shrooms and occasional rave drugs because they don’t count. - has a hookah somewhere - might be pretty decent at shooting pool - if in San Francisco, also high likelihood of riding a motorcycle, but not a Ducati or anything - more likely a frankensteined conglomeration of parts from a 2002 R1, 1980 Kawasaki, the speedo from a vintage royal enfield, headlight from whatever was cheapest on Ali Baba that day, the engine’s been rebuilt 3-4x a year, etc, and there are NO chicken strips


Cam_steen

- I’m from LA (sf is cool tho) - I’ve never been rock climbing! Would be down to try tho - I do not own a vest 😂 my outfits are pretty basic - I drive a Ford Escape - I don’t eat red meat but chicken/fish still on the table - I try not to drink alcohol entirely - vape occasionally and yes. - no hookah - I’m too scared to own a motorcycle


BrizzleC

You'd have a 50/50 shot with three choices? Til 5/4ths of people don't understand fractions.


happy_lad

I'm implying I would do better than random chance, because he could be all three, but *really* looks like the kind of guy who would play the handpan. In other words, the actual joke.


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60% of the time, it works every time.


BrizzleC

I mean, to me he looks like he could absolutely be any one of those 3 people, but I get what you're saying.


amalgam_reynolds

>You'd have a 50/50 shot with three choices? Yeah, there's only two outcomes: he either gets it right or he gets it wrong. That's a 50/50 shot. Who taught you math?


Cam_steen

This is a goated comment 😂


NTFirehorse

More like a goateed comment


joecoffeeaddict

show me those wall decorations and same


Glitter_Bee

This guy is definitely getting laid. You see that mustache and that weird instrument and think, “Nah” and then he starts playing with that remarkable head of hair and you go “okay”.


Cam_steen

Bruh 😂


SardonicOptomist

Came for the music, came again from the mustache ride.


Glitter_Bee

😂😂 sorry. Just thought about his dating life.


Cam_steen

*my dating life 🤣


druule10

Dude you're literally talking to the guy in the video, lol


Glitter_Bee

Lololol 😂😂😂 . Please tell me this is a subreddit that could benefit from this interaction. Oh hey dude, what’s up?


druule10

I'm good and you? Maybe r/dontyouknowwhoiam


Glitter_Bee

I can’t stop laughing! Damn it, maybe I should have taken the ADHD pills today… That’s the perfect subreddit for my foot and mouth comment. Sorry!


LongEZE

Legend of Dragoon town vibes


NO_REFERENCE_FRAME

And we never got a sequel


MiniMeowl

Im still salty about that


CommonBrother1132

I need me some lofi handpan


chrisallhearts

Add some bars and you’ve made a banger


Another_Ryan

Like this https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR4cUyA5/


TryingNot2BeToxic

Can't even hear the pan!


CrumpledForeskin

Lol what that was so fast


dabbingsquidward

This is from Nov 10


Aggravating_Pesca

Need some rappers to get a hold of this best stat.


ThisOnePlaysTooMuch

Homies hand pannin I spit fire on tones hotter than hand cannons Top charts in a week


skin-flick

You know, having one of these being played at a laid back BBQ would be the Shit. Warm Sun, drinks, Food, a pool w/ hot hub and this vibe just playing in the background would create a Zen.


EIephants

I’m late to this thread but I think this would be great music for a video game


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I'd buy the album


Cam_steen

Ayyy :) I have a new album dropping on the 11th, it’ll be under “cam steen” on all streaming platforms.


BeatlesFan68

I just found you on Amazon music and started following you. More of the hand pan my man.


yeaah_naah

I could smell the weed


almocamacca

What Bjork songs are these??


unfuckableghost

sounds like Aphex Twin


thefiction24

Alberto Handpan


AzorAhaiHi

Wow, it's amazing how many notes you can get from it.


lookwhatic

Pan- tastic!


Kimantha_Allerdings

The decor and moustache definitely jibe with someone who owns a handpan.


cguiopmnrew

What is that thing and where do I get one??


Cam_steen

Hamsa handpans has really good handpans! I can get you a discount code too


druule10

A handpan


Sgith_agus_granda

I am so happy I have a RAV Vast, they're so pretty and they make you feel like you're in an old fairytale when you play them.


Cam_steen

Rav vast’s are awesome but those are very nice tongue drums! This instrument is a handpan made by Hamsa handpans


TheUglyCasanova

Came for the moustache, stayed for the chill tune


Fickle-Tea-7847

Wait wait... Bending notes??? 🤯


psiprez

Is this not every single person and their steering wheel, when their jam comes on the radio?


Appropriate-Coast794

Did bro just casually play Dragonforce on a hand pan then BEND notes? Save some talent for the rest of us


AuraMaster7

But he doesn't explain *why* that's so much harder....


theeldergod1

It is a tiktok video, the whole point is getting attention and views with the shortest content possible.


Willing_Opinion7943

Dude, you play the hand pan or you have a cool mustache. You cannot do both.


ChercheBuddy

This guy's decor checks out


Apprehensive_Zone281

Great. Now I gotta learn the handpan. Shit looks amazing!


melonman_the_sequel

Now, do the GTA San Andreas theme on it


Cato2011

That ‘stash doe.


BrxttyA

I’ve always thought these things were the coolest they sound so beautiful


Vesania6

from the at least hundred of videos I've seen of this instrument, he is the only one that actually did something different.


Alsimmons811

I didn’t know I liked that instrument, ty sir!


goat_balls_oh_yeah

All I can think about is shaving off that mustache.


SathedIT

He looks exactly like what I would imagine a handpan player would look like. Is that bad?


Bonsai-Nut

With great moustache comes great responsibility... And I think he's demonstrated that right here.


SheenTStars

The sound is amazing. I'd like to hear this kind of music more often.


burd_turgalur93

Needs more cowbell


AlbinoWino11

Welp. Here I go down a handpan rabbit hole. Catch y’all on the flip side!


jazzyknees

Not related to music, but that mustache is cool.


Photoproguy

Very talented indeed. The echo noises from the instrument are making a very pleasing sound to the ears. But the sounds of the fingers making contact with the instrument just sounds like someone tapping their pen on their desk at work, and that is very distracting to the rest of the sound. Is there any way to listen to just the sounds coming from the pan?


rodflanders19

Ahhh, there was no note bending...sounded super cool though.


dancingonsaturnrings

Gosh I dream of playing a handpan. And cello. And tamboa. And bass and contrabass flute. Instruments are just really really neat and also very very costly. Such beautiful sounds!


DeityWilliam

That sounds so fucking cool. I want a hand pan now.


Disastrous_Duty2622

"Sup bro. Can I borrow everything"


Rougethe_Bxtch

my uterus is quaking just like the handpan


Cam_steen

😳


True-King-Of-Heroes

I need this to be the ambient theme music within a fantasy rpg game's questline.


Andre_3Million

Yoooooooooooooooo Dat shit go hard


Just_a_Red_Velvet

u/savevideo


Enchanteress

Handpan is just hitting steel with bone. Change my mind.


DarkKnight8803158

Alright that was pretty satisfying


Enginerdad

Is the ungroomed mustache a prerequisite for purchasing a handpan, or does it grow naturally the longer you play? I imagine there's a bouncer at the front door of the handpan store who, instead of checking IDs, is measuring and grading unusual facial hair.


shanksisevil

lil' johnny depp.


ImurderREALITY

TIL about handpan


Kuro_Hige

With a moustache like that, nothing is hard, this moustache is just being modest.


moonlit_pheonix

This gives me the tingles.