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In beginning part 2 of this blog post, I would like to remind Mr. Felix Rohner and the readers that our blog is a business matter pure and simple. My partners and I do not know Mr. Rohner personally, but as this is a matter of business, our personal knowledge of him or lack thereof has no bearing on our view of the situation. At KaribPAN our mission is to promote ethical, socially conscious business practices in the world of Pan, and our mission must continue.    At 23:10 in the PanART documentary, the narrator states that, ''However, certain musicians...

NOW AVAILABLE IN OUR STORE!!! Shipping directly from Trinidad & Tobago via FEDEX INTL. ECONOMY, our tenor pans represent the authentic culture, craftsmanship and class that this modern instrument is recognized. All of our instruments are 100% handcrafted from the start of the pan making process until the finish, from sinking to tuning.  All of the drums used to make our pans are sourced locally from 18 gauge T&T drums without letters, which are specifically produced for pan production.  Shipped freshly chromed, tuned ready to be played.  This instrument is tuned in ''High D", and has a range of D4-F#6...

In keeping true to our mission of the pursuit of integrity and ethical business practices within the world of Pan, as promised, the full deconstruction of the PanART hang documentary is right here, right now. We fully understand that many, if not most of the hang enthusiasts and proponents accept everything that Felix Rohner says as truth, without questioning him. We have received a lot of feedback from hang enthusiasts who are having their illusionary bubbles bursted, many of whom have suggested that we watch the PanART Hang documentary in order to gain a fuller understanding (as if we did...

The ''PanArt Hang'' is a novelty instrument that has peaked. The proof that it is a novelty instrument that lacks legitimate legs upon which to stand lies in the reality of production of the instrument literally being halted to a trickle for some years now. In addition, while it was once considered ''new'' and interesting among those who failed to realize that it was simply a re-packaged regurgitation of the steelpan, as the market becomes saturated with handpan makers, the novelty surrounding the PanArt Hang has significantly diminished.  PanArt may retain its status as the ''Robber-in-Chief'' among handpan makers, but it...

There seems to be an overwhelming consensus among the handpan community at large that traditional Steelpan makers/tuners are off-the-mark regarding handpans, as far as lacking competent handpan making/tuning skills. This apparent consensus is glaring evidence that shows the vast, misinformed bias that the subscribers to this view utilize in order to attempt to discredit traditional Steelpan makers on the whole. Notwithstanding the fact that the most prominent members of the Handpan Mafia come from a background of manufacturing/tuning traditional steelpans, overwhelmingly this fact appears to be either lost or ignored among the many who hold the fallacious view that traditional...