{"title":"Ready to ship","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"e-amara-13-7-handpan-light-gold","title":"E Amara 13+7 Handpan — Light Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmara is the scale most players fall for first, and a fair number never leave it. It is a minor scale with the sharp edges taken off — melancholy without being heavy, and forgiving enough that a beginner's first hour sounds like music rather than practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one is in E, with thirteen notes on the top shell and seven underneath. That is a wide instrument. You can hold a simple pattern on the low notes and still have somewhere to go with your right hand, which is exactly what most players discover they want about three months in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe finish is a light gold on stainless steel. In a room with any warmth to the light it reads more brass than silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it sounds\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong sustain, and a centre note that stays out of the way instead of ringing over everything else. The shoulder notes speak easily — you do not have to hit them hard, which matters more than it sounds, because the instruments that need force are the ones that end up in a cupboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho it is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour first instrument, if you want one you will not outgrow in a year. Equally, a second instrument if what you have is a 9-note and you have started running out of room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe instrument, tuned in our room the week it ships\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePadded hard case with backpack straps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo soft carry bags for the shells\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCare cloth and a small bottle of protective oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA printed note with the tuning date and the note layout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHonestly\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty notes is a lot of surface. If you have never played and you want the smallest possible learning curve, write to us — we will point you at a 9-note instead, even though it costs us the sale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vayan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49065285615770,"sku":"VY-AMA-E-137-GLD","price":890.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/1285\/4170\/files\/amara-e13-black-01.jpg?v=1787443682"},{"product_id":"f-sharp-pygmy-14-7-handpan-brown","title":"F# Pygmy 14+7 Handpan — Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003ePygmy is a small scale — a handful of intervals that sit close together and refuse to sound wrong against each other. That is the whole appeal. You are not choosing notes, you are choosing where in the silence to put them. Players who find bigger scales busy tend to end up here and stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one is in F#, fourteen notes on top and seven below, in a brown finish that goes almost copper under warm light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow it sounds\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDarker than the Amara and slower to let go. The low notes have a long, wide decay that fills a room without getting loud, which makes it a genuinely good instrument for playing at night. The extra top notes give you somewhere to move without ever leaving the mood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho it is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomeone who has played before and knows they want atmosphere over melody. Also a strong choice if you record — Pygmy sits in a mix without fighting anything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe instrument, tuned in our room the week it ships\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePadded hard case with backpack straps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo soft carry bags for the shells\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCare cloth and a small bottle of protective oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA printed note with the tuning date and the note layout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHonestly\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not the one to learn on. Pygmy rewards restraint, and restraint is hard before your hands know what they are doing. If this is your first instrument, look at the Amara instead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vayan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49065285648538,"sku":"VY-PYG-FS-147-BRN","price":980.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/1285\/4170\/files\/pygmy-fs14-black-01.jpg?v=1787443592"}],"url":"https:\/\/vayanhandpans.com\/collections\/ready-to-ship.oembed","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}