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October 4, 2021
Nitraded Steel Handpans / pantams
October 4, 2021Since the 1990s, steel has been used to create Handpans, Pantams, Sound Sculptures, and Hang Drums (read more about it here), but stainless steel handpans are relatively new to the market. Therefore, the best method to comprehend the characteristics of an instrument made of Stainless Steel is to compare it to instruments made of Nitraded Steel.
Stainless Steel Pantam
Handpans made of stainless steel are very prevalent among the various types of handpans.In order to make it readily understood by all, we would like to express it in this manner. You may be familiar with iron rust, which is the result of iron reacting with oxygen; it appears as an orange powder or a firm deposit on steel objects. This will result in the loss and degradation of Iron materials. Stainless Steel is a form of Steel (iron alloy) that is resistant to corrosion, also known as rusting. Consequently, Stainless Steel will not corrode and will be stable in oxygen and other corrosive environments, such as humid climates.
Since the 1990s, steel has been used to create Handpans, Pantams, Sound Sculptures, and Hang Drums (read more about it here), but stainless steel handpans are relatively new to the market. Therefore, the best method to comprehend the characteristics of an instrument made of Stainless Steel is to compare it to instruments made of Nitraded Steel.
Stainless Steel Handpan
Note that many of the characteristics of a Handpan depend on the techniques used by different manufacturers, but in general, Stainless Steel Handpans have a longer sustain, wider and brighter timber/tone, larger sound range or amplitude, greater dynamic range, and less ceramic sound than Nickel-plated Steel Handpans. These characteristics make stainless steel a more suitable material for slow playback, which is typically used for meditative and sound healing applications.
