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    metal tongue drum

    Hapi-drum

    The sound is similar to a handpan or hang drum. Made of solid cast, it is more likely to be played with mallets. pentatonic

    Wooden tongue drums have an old tradition in the South Seas. A hollow trunk or wooden box serves as a resonance body. One or more tongues are cut out at the top. These exposed areas of wood vibrate when struck and create a very earthy sound. Different tones are created depending on the size of the tongue.

    A further development from this are the metal tongue drums such as the Hapi-drum.
    Similar to a steel drum, the Hapi is made of a metal body that is not concave but convex.
    Tongues are cut into the metal body on the top, which can be played with mallets or by hand.
    The spherical shape creates very round vibrations of the tones, which linger for a long time.

    The Hapi is tuned pentatonic.
    Due to the pentatonic mood and the soft, swinging sounds, the Hapi encourages improvisation, meditation or just to dream.
    The Hapi is available in different versions:
    Hapi: in a low pitch, green surface
    Hapi slim: medium pitch, black surface
    Hapi mini: high pitch, copper-colored surface
    There are different tuning sequences in each pitch.

    Hapi drum - deep sound

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    The most popular tuning for the hapi in the low register is pentatonic D minor, which builds up a calm, softly vibrating harmonic sound.

    Very beautiful and somewhat more appealing is the tuning in D-Akebono, a Japanese pentatonic, which does not sound quite as calm as the conventional pentatonic, but builds up a little more tension.

    d-minor pentatonic. D - F - G - A - C - D - F - G

    D Akebono D - E - F - A - B - D - E - F

    Evry Hapi comes with two mallets and a bag.

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    Hapi d-moll

    Hapi drum slim

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    The Hapi slim is very popular in the tuning A minor. In this key it has a very balanced sound. Also, the key of A minor fits well with medieval and traditional music.

    A little lower is the tuning in F major. The major pentatonic seems a bit more cheerful than the melancholic minor pentatonic.

    A minor A - C - D - E - G - A - C - D

    F major F - G - A - C - D - F - G - A

    Each hapi comes with two mallets and a bag

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    Hapi a-moll

    Hapi F-dur

    Hapi Mini

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    A smaller version of the hapi in a higher pitch ( about 20 cm in diameter ).

    8 notes pentatonic

    in C major (C - D - E - G - A - C - D - E) or

    D-major (D - E - F# - A - B - C - D - E - F#) or

    D-akebono (D - E - F - A - B - D - E - F)

    Especially exciting here is the D-akebono tuning, which builds up a very exciting sound in the high register.

    Bag and mallet included

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    Hapi mini c-dur

    Hapi mini d-akebono

    tongue drum

    a wooden box with tongues in the top, very earthy sound, well for Kindergarden and music-therapy

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    An ritual instrument at different indigen cultur. Exspecially in sout pacific area it is usual.

    At first it was a hollow log,  here it is a wooden box, with sawed tongues in the top.

    The different length of the tongues makes 6 different notes in pentatonic tuning. So you can play free and easy and the sound is always harmonic.

    The sound is very earthy, origen, shamanic. A modern instrument in this style is the Hapi-drum, a tongue-drum made from a metal resonance-box.

    A robust instrument wich is good for music practice with small children, Kindergarden or music therapy.

    Size: 48 x 18 x 18 cm, inkl. two feltsticks

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    Clay flutes have been known for several thousand years. Usually they were just simple pipes with 1 to 3 tones. They had a protective character and were used as talismans. Newborns and unbaptized children were given a clay pipe to protect them from evil spirits. Ultimately, bird figures on the chimney or the bird-like handle on the lid of a soup tureen can also be traced back to a pipe that was supposed to protect the house or the food from evil influences. Often these pipes were shaped like animals, mostly as birds or roosters, but also as horses, bulls, owls and much more.

    The pipes were used as children's toys for a long time and were popular at festivals and fairs. Mostly bird calls were imitated. The clay flute did not develop as a real flute until the last century. An Italian potter formed a flute out of clay, the shape of which was held transversely and had a beak as a mouthpiece. This shape made the flute look a bit like a little duck, which in Italian means ocarina. This is how the clay flutes got their name, which then became internationally accepted.

    Today there are many forms and variants of the ocarina. The number of finger holes, the fingerings and the range can vary widely. There are single-part flutes, but also two- and three-part flutes. There are small ones with a high tone and large ones with a very deep tone. The ocarina became known and popular again in the 1990s through the computer game Zelda.
    As a flute, the ocarina belongs to the vessel flutes. Vessel flutes do not have a tube open at the bottom like most other flutes, but a ball-like closed vessel. Even if the mouthpiece is the same as that of a recorder, the shape of the vessel creates a different vibration and the sound is softer, not as shrill and deeper than one would assume based on the size of the flute.

    We manufacture our clay flutes entirely by hand from fine white ceramic mass. So with every flute you have a unique piece in your hands.
    After shaping and designing with glass and glaze raw materials, the flute is tuned chromatically with six finger holes and covers the range of an octave. The different sizes create flutes in all imaginable basic moods.

    The firing temperature of over 1100 degrees Celsius gives it enough strength to withstand the occasional blows caused by wearing it without losing quality. The dimensions of the flutes are around 25 mm for the smallest ones up to a flute of 100 mm diameter that is barely tangible.
    The flute always comes with a leather cord to hang around your neck, as well as instructions with fingering chart for the clay flute and further information about the manufacture of the clay flute and the history of the clay flute.

    Die Brenntemperatur von über 1100 Grad Celsius gibt ihr genügend Festigkeit, durch das Tragen verursachte gelegentliche Schläge wegzustecken, ohne an Qualität zu verlieren. Die Maße der Flöten liegen bei cirka 25 mm für die Kleinste bis hinauf zu einer gerade noch greifbaren Flöte von 100 mm Durchmesser.
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