Aelo Handpan A2 Pygmy Stainless Steel

The Aelo Handpan is characterized by a warm and long-lasting sound .
Due to the perfectly balanced reverberation and the balanced vibration development , the Aelo Handpan is the perfect combination of percussion and melody instrument . Even a light touch produces fine and distinct sounds. This ensures an expressive and detailed sound performance.

The AeloPans are ideal for both beginners and professional handpan musicians . Their above-average sound volume also makes them particularly suitable for making music in large rooms or outdoors in nature and public spaces.

Fascinating sound patterns can be created with the particularly intuitive and easy-to-play Aelo Handpan . The soundscape ranges from simple to complex. The handpan player is offered inexhaustible possibilities; from more complicated rhythms and virtuoso melodies to touching chords and two-part melodies; the AeloPan can be combined in many different ways.

The uniquely soft, ethereal and mysterious sounds of the instrument quickly attract the listeners' attention. The calming sound takes you on an inner journey. The fascinating timbre of the Aelo Handpan is ideal for concerts, studio recordings, street music, as well as musical accompaniment for spiritual activities, e.g. yoga, sound therapy or meditation.

The high-quality material, rust-proof and corrosion-resistant stainless steel, gives the handpan its shine and elegant appearance. The material is robust and easy to clean. Due to the slightly higher material thickness compared to conventional stainless steel handpans, the AeloPans are more durable in terms of tuning stability and less susceptible to impacts and falls.

Like every handpan, the AeloPans consist of two assembled stainless steel shells that form the sound body. During the manufacturing process, the sound fields are laboriously worked by hand onto the curved surface and then precisely tuned. Since the process is manual, dents and bumps occur in the sound field - this is completely normal and is part of the visual character of a good handpan.

The Aelo handpan is professionally and perfectly tuned. It impresses with its quality and sound at the highest level. The handpan has an optimal and well-balanced resonance vibration across all tones. There are no annoying metallic sounds when playing. The tone is warm and powerful. The reverberation of the individual tones is further enhanced by the solid stainless steel.

Diameter: 53 cm
Height: 26 cm
Weight: approx. 4kg
Material: stainless steel

Tuning name: Low Pygmy
Standard tone sequence: A2/EABCEGAB
Atmosphere: Meditative - Introverted - Floating
Mode: Minor - Aeolian
Tone range: Pentatonic
Tonal center: first tone

Semitones: 7 -3-2-2-1-2-2-3

* Bottom notes are additional tone fields on the bottom of the handpan and are written in round brackets e.g. (DE).

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

→ You can read a detailed article about Mutant & Bottom Note Handpans here: Blog post

→ Discover our full range of Mutant & Bottom Note Handpans here

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

Mood description Low Pygmy:

The name Pygmy is probably based on the pygmies. This scale is often used in Central African music. The Low Pygmy scale is a pentatonic variant of the Dorian minor scale. Such a combination creates a dreamy mood. The repetition of four tones over two octaves ensures a broad harmony in the mood and creates a carpet of sound rich in overtones that fills the room.

Compared to Pygmy, the sound impression of Low Pygmy remains similar and the pitch intervals are also maintained. The difference is that the top note of Pygmy is now two octaves lower and thus reflects the pitch of the DING, so that an ascending fourth is created between the DING and the first note. This means that with Low Pygmy the first note in the circle and not the DING represents the tonal center. Overall, the LOW version sounds a little more floating in comparison.

The Low Pygmy tuning is a classic in the world of handpans for good reason and has recently become more and more popular. The pentatonic arrangement of the notes is easy and intuitive to play and creates a melancholic, dreamy atmosphere. The tonal arrangement opens up a huge melodic horizon.

Suitable moods:
Very suitable for collaborative, improvised playing:

• F Major (parallel tuning)
• F Sabye (parallel tuning)
• G Celtic Minor /Amara
• German Kurd
• C Ragadesh
• D Equinox
• D Magic Voyage
• A Aeolian Islands
• D Pygmy
• Bb Jibuk
• D Mystic
• D Integral
• Bb Aegean
• G La Sirena

Also good for composing together:

• A Hijaz
• E Mystic
• E Kurd
• E Integral
• E Hijaz
• D Romanian Hijaz / Kaffa
• A Celtic Minor
• A Kurd
• C Celtic Minor / Amara