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Where can I find a store to buy a handpan from RAV Vast?

December 12, 2019 by  
Filed under Ent., Music, Opinion, Weekly Columns

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(ThyBlackMan.com) You get your bread at a bakery and your tomatoes at a greengrocer’s. But where can you purchase a RAV Vast handpan? Let’s look at how to find a drum store and buy a RAV drum.

How to choose and buy the RAV drum you want

So you saw a RAV drum and instantly fell in love with it, wanting to get one for yourself. You start surfing the net and find that there are RAV Pans and RAV Vasts – and these are totally different instruments. So what’s what? Let’s clarify the terms.

The difference is obvious. Roses are red, violets are blue, and so are RAV Vasts. You can easily distinguish them from the bronze RAV Pans. The RAV Vast is a steel tongue drum. Music is produced by hitting the curved tongues on the steel surface of the drum. This patented technology provides the best sound quality. The RAV is a great instrument for both professional musicians and those who have recently started experimenting with steel drums. RAV is a harmonically tuned drum. This means that no matter which sequence of notes you play, you will always get a harmonic melody, and this is crucial for those who are still learning how to play. There’s just no way you can play off-key!

The RAV Pan is a classical handpan that retains the original Hang shape. The tensed steel resonates when the membranes are struck. And all the drums produce a strong rich sound even at the lightest touch. Pans and Vasts also vary in size as Pans are bigger. Pans are usually chosen by more experienced musicians who have acquired the basic techniques of playing handpans and are now searching for new sounds and ways of experimenting.

RAV Pans come in 4 perfectly tuned options for different mastery levels and performance needs. Are you gonna perform solo or jam with other musicians, combining music with different pan drums and other musical instruments? Or you are searching for a handpan to enjoy playing music to yourself, relaxing and meditating? RAV can provide you a drum according to all your preferences and needs.

So if you’ve decided on which one you want, let’s move on to the question of how to shop for it.

Online shops

In our Digital Era we shop for everything on the Internet, from newspapers to  wedding dresses. And the RAV drum is no exception. If you want to buy a RAV drum, go directly to ravvast.com. The website has the widest range of RAV drums. Go to the Catalog section and you will find different types of drums so you can choose one depending on your needs, musical taste and mastery level. You can find all the technical parameters in the product section descriptions and also scroll through reviews from people who have already bought the drum and tried it. There’s also a video with a musician playing it for each type of drum, so you can check out the sound before purchasing an instrument.

When you’ve chosen your drum, simply add it to cart and you will be taken to checkout. You just need to add your contact info and your RAV drum will instantly be shipped to you, no matter where you are. Easy and simple! If you’re looking for some extra stuff like a cover case or mallets, go to the Accessories section.

On the website, you can also find a lot of useful information including video tutorials, inspiration, blogs, customers’ stories, etc. Subscribe to the newsfeed and you will get notifications about sales and special promotions. Feel free to surf around!

You can also shop for RAVs online on partner websites like hang-drums.com, dream-drum.com or thomann.de.

RAV also partners with known handpan musicians like Kay Rauber and Nadishana, so check out the drums that they use too.

Brick-and-mortar stores

If you decide you want to get a feel of the instrument before you purchase it, take a look around. RAV partners with many music shops, so googling a “drum store near me” will provide you with multiple options depending on your location. RAV handpans can be found both in the biggest music shops along with other instruments like the piano and violin and in specialized drum shops around Europe, North America and South-East Asia.

Staff Writer; Craig Love


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