MOON Handpan | D Kurd 16 Tuning | Stainless Steel

MOON stainless steel handpan with diatonic tuning offers an open and harmonious sonic palette of tones.

It contains a full diatonic scale spread across multiple octaves, enabling both gentle, meditative playing and rich melodic and harmonic expression. Thanks to the presence of all seven notes of the scale (C, D, E, F, G, A, B), the instrument is exceptionally versatile – perfectly suited for improvisation, melody composition, vocal accompaniment, and therapeutic sound work. The low notes B2 and C3 add depth and grounding to the sound, while higher notes bring bright and emotive sonic possibilities.

Stainless steel imparts a long sustain and rich overtones to the instrument, so every touch of the hand creates a flowing sound that carries beautifully through space.

It is an instrument that gives the player musical freedom – more than typical pentatonic handpans, yet still with a naturally harmonious character that supports fluid, inspiring play.

Specifications

• Diameter: 53 cm
• Number of notes: 16
• Notes: (B2) (C3) D3 / (F3) (G3) A3 B3 C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 C5 D5 E5
• Material: stainless steel

If you plan to travel more frequently with your handpan, we recommend purchasing an EVATEK protective case with a hardened shell, which will perfectly protect your instrument.

Handpan accessories can be found below.

Interesting facts

Handpan, also known as Pantam or Hang drum is a musical instrument whose roots date back to the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. At that time, the first attempts at melodic instruments made of metal (barrels and metal containers) began to appear in the Trinidad and Indonesian regions - where the name "steeldrum" became established. These instruments had multiple notes around the perimeter tuned to various scales and were mostly played with mallets.

The first instruments in the form of today's handpan appeared around 2000 in Switzerland - developed by the Panart company and the instrument was named Hang or Hang drum ("hang" means "hand" in the Swiss dialect). However, Panart has long since stopped producing these instruments and dozens of other manufacturers of these instruments have gradually appeared since then. 

Handpan is an instrument that you can enjoy at home by yourself and which can also be played at a top virtuoso concert level, combined with other instruments, other handpans, etc. Learning to play the handpan begins with basic tone production techniques and their combinations, elementary rhythmic structures and continues with more advanced techniques, more complex rhythmic structures and also the possibilities of creative improvisation. You can learn all of this with us during lessons with Pavel Sedláček.