From Steelpan to Handpan
In 2018 I was interviewed by Ray Funk about handpans.
From Part 2:
“However, about one year ago Cox switched to a hydroforming process developed by Colin Foulke in California that has revolutionized the handpan world. The hydroform process allows the pan shells to be formed in a matter of minutes.
The creator of the hydroforming process Colin Foulke calls himself a “problem solver” without formal engineering training who got interested in handpans and was hooked. Foulke began has experiments with handpans by employing various hand sinking techniques until a chance viewing of the television show Mythbusters demonstrated hydroforming. A light went on and developed his own method of the hydroforming for handpans. This method uses a pressure washer and metal forms and can sink a steelpan shell in just a few minutes. Now, over 40 manufacturers around the world use this method.”
The Full Versions can be found here:
