Horayzon Master Handpan | C Aegean | Stainless Steel

Horayzon Master Series Handpan C Aegean - The ideal professional instrument

The Horayzon Handpan Master Series represents the highest level of craftsmanship and incomparable sound quality. Each instrument in this exclusive series is handcrafted with the utmost care and precision by the most experienced instrument makers in the Horayzon workshop. These masterpieces are the result of years of experience and passionate dedication and set new standards in the world of handpans.

The Horayzon Master Handpans are characterized by a particularly clear and harmonious tone tuning. They offer an impressive spectrum of timbres, ranging from deep, earthy basses to crystal clear, floating trebles. These professional instruments are perfect for high-quality studio recordings and stage performances. Thanks to their optimally balanced vibration behavior and precise sound development, they can be recorded effortlessly with standard recording equipment.

The outstanding quality of the Horayzon Master Handpans is also reflected in the careful selection of materials and first-class workmanship. The sheet steel used is specially treated to ensure maximum resonance and long-term tuning stability. The surface is designed not only to provide a pleasant feel, but also to reliably protect the instrument from external influences.

Features of the Horayzon Master Handpan series:

• Complex keys and tone sequences: Available in a variety of keys and variants with up to 19 notes. Also available as mutant variants with up to 12 notes on the top shell, ideal for demanding melodies and rhythms.
• Special designs: Customize your handpan according to your wishes. Our master craftsmen will turn your individual ideas into a unique instrument.
• Impressive sound variety: Experience a wide range of timbres, from warm basses to clear trebles - perfect for solo performances and ensemble playing.
• High-quality materials: Specially selected sheet steel and a corrosion-resistant surface ensure exceptional sound fidelity and durability.
• Pure craftsmanship: Each instrument is unique, handcrafted with the utmost precision and dedication.
  

Why the Horayzon Master Handpan?

Designed for professional musicians who do not compromise on sound and quality, the Horayzon Master series offers everything you need for your musical expression and development. Its versatility, impressive depth of sound and ease of use for recording and sound recording make it the ideal instrument for ambitious musicians.

If you are looking for a professional instrument that meets the highest standards, the Horayzon Master Handpan is the perfect choice. It combines masterful craftsmanship with first-class materials and an extraordinary variety of sounds. Whether for use on stage, in the studio or for private sessions - this instrument meets all requirements.

Diameter: 53 cm
Height approx: 26.5cm
Weight: approx. 4kg
Material: stainless steel

Tuning name: Aegean
Standard tone sequence: C/ E G B C E F# G B
Atmosphere: Bright - Light - Sublime
Tonal center: DING
Mode: Lydian - Major
Tone range: Pentatonic

Semitones: 4 - 3 - 4 - 1 - 4 - 2 -1 - 4

Description Handpan tuning C Aegean:

Called "Raga Amrithavashini" in South Indian, Kartani music, the Aegean tuning is a divine scale said to induce rain showers when sung.

The moods associated with it are sublimity, attraction, lightness and passionate joy. The tone combinations in this scale are said to evoke inner vision, according to spiritual belief.

One is reminded a little of the time of the ancient Greeks, who were at home in the Aegean.

This pentatonic handpan scale is in the Lydian mode (major) and contains 2 semitones, making it a hemitonic pentatonic.

However, the semitone steps disturb the flow, so that even beginners can very quickly achieve great melodies intuitively. The selection of notes leaves nothing to be desired, and at the same time no note seems superfluous.

A special feature of Aegean is that the raised 4th note is only present in the upper octave. This tone colors the scale lydian. This results in a very beautiful sound, as is often the case in jazz music.

A major triad builds up on the root note (DING), the fourth note forms the major seventh to the Ding. After this fourth note on the pan, a semitone step leads back to the root note (an octave higher). The entire pentatonic is present in this upper octave. In comparison to the complete heptatonic, Lydian mode, Aegean does not contain a 2nd and 6th step. As these are not decisive for Lydian, it can still be clearly assigned to this mode.

Possible tone sequences:

• Scale with 9 tone fields: C/ E G B C E F# G B
• Scale with 10 tone fields:
• Scale with 11 tone fields:
• Scale with 12 tone fields:
• Scale with 13 tone fields:
• Scale with 14 tone fields: C/(D) E (F#) G (A) B C (D) E F# G (A) B (as in the video)
• Scale with 15 tone fields:
• Scale with 16 tone fields:
• Scale with 17 tone fields:
  
  

*Bottom notes are additional tone fields on the underside of the handpan and are written in round brackets, e.g. (D E).

Mutant handpans have additional notes on the top shell in the second row - between the chorus and the root note. Mutant notes are written in curly brackets e.g. {D E}.

→ You can read a detailed article on mutant & bottom-note handpans here: Blog post

→ Discover our full selection of mutant & bottom-note handpans here

We only list the standard layouts under "Possible tone sequences". On request, our handpans can also be made with other notes and in other arrangements. Simply send an email with your request to: service@handpan.world

Suitable moods:
Very suitable for improvised playing together:

• A Celtic Minor / Amara
• G Sabye
• E Celtic Minor / Amara
• E Kurd
• E Integral
• D Raga Desh
• G RagaDesh
• A Pygmy
• E Low Pygmy
• E Magic Voyage
• E Equinox
• A Jibuk

Also good for composing together:

• E Aeolian
• B Hijaz
• B Celtic Minor / Amara
• D Celtic Minor / Amara
• D Kurd
• B Mystic