Category: Building process

Fine tuning the pantam – #5

Its time to fine tune!If you missed our last blog post int this series, now is the time to catch up. After 7 days of our handpan being glued under good and equal pressure by the clamps, we can now take the clamps off.Next we will cut the rest of the glue out and grind […]

Glowing the shells of the Pantam – #4

It this blog post, which is the fourth in our “how to build a Pantam” series, I will guide you through the basics of how to glue the shells of the Pantam.If you didn’t read our first, second, and third chapters in the series, then now is a perfect time. Now we are ready to glue our shells!But […]

Tuning the Pantam – #3

It this blog post, which is the third in our “how to build a Pantam” series, I will guide you through the basics of how to tune a Pantam.If you didn’t read our first and second chapters in the series, then now is a perfect time. Tuning is an art form. It will take years […]

Making the dimples of the Pantam – #2

In the last chapter we talked about choosing the kind of steel and drawing the notes. So we already drew our notes and placed them on the shell. Now it’s time to for us to take the Pantam shells and make some dimples!I would suggest for the beginning to use PVC pipes. You can stick […]

The process of building a Pantam – #1

How it all begins? After many years of designing & building Yishama Pantams, we are happy to start this series of posts. In which, we will share the process with you. We hope that maybe one day you could build your own Pantam using the most basic tools. So let’s get a taste of the […]