tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post5292242675276753982..comments2024-03-29T06:05:20.562+03:00Comments on Life in Israel: what kind of instrument is this?Rafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-89709459090034373492008-03-26T06:40:00.000+02:002008-03-26T06:40:00.000+02:00thanks maddog/edthanks maddog/edRafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-15323160290792779852008-03-26T06:23:00.000+02:002008-03-26T06:23:00.000+02:00it is called a hang drum pronounced hong or hung i...it is called a hang drum pronounced hong or hung in swiss, made in switzerland by two man shop, go to wikipedia for a good start, were $500.00 now $1,800.00 with a waiting list up to a year. very imilar to a caisa drum and both are in the steel pan drum family. take care...edmaddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151083254167337944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-48112929294821934672008-03-12T11:58:00.000+02:002008-03-12T11:58:00.000+02:00Cool I work right around the corner from there. I ...Cool I work right around the corner from there. I have always had a lot of respect for buskers, its not an easy way to make a living, and some of the good ones are amazing.Zach Kessinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04276155117746098546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-25995624255515072272008-03-11T12:19:00.000+02:002008-03-11T12:19:00.000+02:00Rafi: The sound is that of the steel pan.(I'm tell...Rafi: The sound is that of the steel pan.<BR/><BR/>(I'm telling you, I saw it on Seasame Street :)<BR/><BR/>However, it looks like it was made from a Saj. (Pita maker)Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-45566367102787611562008-03-11T11:57:00.000+02:002008-03-11T11:57:00.000+02:00that looks more like it than the steelpan... thoug...that looks more like it than the steelpan... though they seem to be based on the steel panRafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-41979693573643224452008-03-11T10:57:00.000+02:002008-03-11T10:57:00.000+02:00Looks like a Caisa drum:http://en.wikipedia.org/wi...Looks like a Caisa drum:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisa_drum<BR/><BR/>Or a Hang:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_%28instrument%29Yishai Kohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01063856362086673477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-84119548030459280122008-03-10T19:21:00.000+02:002008-03-10T19:21:00.000+02:00that's it? all it is called is a "steelpan"? disap...that's it? all it is called is a "steelpan"? disappointing.Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-35688286789007671552008-03-10T18:07:00.000+02:002008-03-10T18:07:00.000+02:00Rafi: I can "har" the sound in my head...I remembe...Rafi: I can "har" the sound in my head...I remember from (30+ years ago) an episode of Seasame street where we saw the making of that particular instrument. If I recall correctly, it was from Jamaica.<BR/><BR/>Heh. Found it.<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steelpan<BR/><BR/>(Mike's audio file was right on the money)Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-25916829285100997612008-03-10T13:52:00.000+02:002008-03-10T13:52:00.000+02:00I've been trying to identify that sound for quite ...I've been trying to identify that sound for quite some time now... I have the audio recording, but I don't recall what it was called, and my attempts at describing it (or searching google) have lead me nowhere.Mikeagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827275300296295639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-58118748085424745462008-03-10T13:49:00.000+02:002008-03-10T13:49:00.000+02:00you'd think that by seeing it, but it gives out a ...you'd think that by seeing it, but it gives out a very musical tone, not just a bang bang bang clangRafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-48488322197627838812008-03-10T13:36:00.000+02:002008-03-10T13:36:00.000+02:00HEY! THAT'S MY POT COVER!but seriously, isn't it ...HEY! THAT'S MY POT COVER!<BR/><BR/>but seriously, isn't it just a steel drum? Or at least from the steel drum family...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-20769912424342042462008-03-10T13:10:00.000+02:002008-03-10T13:10:00.000+02:00sounds pretty similarsounds pretty similarRafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-78212341445887700472008-03-10T13:09:00.000+02:002008-03-10T13:09:00.000+02:00Did it sound anything like this:CIMG0753.WAVDid it sound anything like this:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://mikeage.net/content/gallery/d/12928-1/CIMG0753.WAV" REL="nofollow">CIMG0753.WAV</A>Mikeagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827275300296295639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-81496574152409183042008-03-10T13:08:00.000+02:002008-03-10T13:08:00.000+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mikeagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827275300296295639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-30054231415496933622008-03-10T13:04:00.000+02:002008-03-10T13:04:00.000+02:00I have no idea what it is, but I saw the same guy ...I have no idea what it is, but I saw the same guy last week with the same instrument (or maybe it was a different guy with the same style clothing) in the artists' shuk on Nahalat Binyamin. It was a very cool sound. I commented to my mother that he could have been randomly banging away, and noone would know the difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com