Yo !
This is what I found last days . Some new , wonderful sounding instruments which are easily to play / learn for
the most people . Very fascinating & hypnotizing these tin boxes .
Unfortunately they´re very expensive .        

Hapi :

Hang :

Again you come up with wonderful finds ULI....well done...............your still mad !
Very beautiful....especially the second video. Good for some cool samples.
But is it not just an up turned steel drum?  Played by hand.
I can imagine them being expensive...new trendy ideas are.....and there must be so many hours involved in tuning them.

Fascinating! I had three immediate responses when I viewed these videos:
1) - what a beautiful sound
2)- If I'm not mistaken, these might be tuned to an "alternative" scale (as determined by listening to both players)
3) - I want one of each


A little research on the net leads to some interesting info on these instruments ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_(musical_instrument)

http://www.hapitones.com/virtual-hapi-drum-e-major.html

gorgeous sounds
synthesizers never come in the near of this

it's from another universe