There's something about this handpan that really moves me. Maybe it's the Pygmy scale—it's a fun scale, one ripe with musical possibility. Maybe it's the 432hz tuning—some say this tuning (also known as "Verdi's A") is a more natural tuning for the human ear, with frequencies that hit differently, in just the right way. Maybe it's because its tone reminds me a bit of my original handpan from Daniels Made—my wife made this exact remark when I first pulled it out to play. Maybe it's the concentric grooves in the stainless steel, reminiscent of the design of one of my other personal handpans from Axiom Instruments in Nevada.
Whatever the reason, this handpan is lively, with responsive highs, fantastic balance, and a ding that brings out blossoming harmonics, that mwah sound we all know and love.