handpan

English

Etymology

Blend of hand +‎ steelpan, coined as a generic alternative to Hang, late 2000s.

Noun

handpan (plural handpans)

  1. (music) A type of steelpan that is played with the hands, typically resting on the player's lap.
    • 2016, Jeff Grant, Flow State Runner: Activate a Powerful Inner Coach's Voice, Hillseeker Publishing, →ISBN, pages 53–54:
      While I grew up playing brass musical instruments, I gravitated to percussion as a side music hobby as a teen and later began to collect and play African drums and other interesting percussion instruments, such as steel handpans.

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