Hank Drum

[evilkittygurl]

Hey, what scale did you use? I am making a Hank Drum, and I loved your scale.

[BradleyBeiswenger]

300.00 us dollars for it....contact me!

[EBE246]

LISTEN TO THIS WHILE LISTENING TO RAINY MODD WEBSITE.

[wearexiv]

put this song in final fantasy

[carlhogg]

im sorry if this has already been asked but what scale is this tuned to? i will be making one soon

[pokecrazygal]

wow this sounds beautiful.

[BoomhaurReplica7]

Hank Hill would be SO proud of you!!!"Propane Tank NOT supplied by Strickland Propane".

[acceptedones]

Personally, I would rather buy an actual hang drum from a professional maker, but if you have the time, knowledge, and resources, and you want something a lot cheaper, then why not?

[mriely]

@acceptedones A Hang drum currently costs over $8k used if you can find one. Even copies go for thousands.

[1915lenin]

@fucktheidiots Bravo. Con grande piacere vedo che abbocchi meravigliosamente.

Quanto ti voglio bene per essere il mio divertimento quotidiano e del tutto gratis.

Ami mia madre morta da 30 anni??? Bravo, portale dei fiori !

Ricambio con piacere i baci.

Tu continua a baciare le palle di Berlusconi.

Ho un amico di Canicatti che ti conosce bene come LO SCEMO DEL VILLAGGIO !

[duckotaco]

@1915lenin senti non è che puoi riempire youtube di insulti a fucktheidiots...potresti dirmi cosa cazzo ti ha fatto perchè i suoi commenti non ci sono più...grazie

[1915lenin]

@duckotaco Ti rispondo subito. Quell'emerito stronzo che si spacciava per canadese, ma che era nato a Canicatti, offese gravemente ed a più riprese la buonanima di mia madre. Allora gli dichiarai guerra e se voleva la pace doveva chiedere scusa a mia madre.

Non lo fece e lo perseguitai fino a farlo sparire.

[1915lenin]

@fucktheidiots Anche la tua testa di PesceCazzone è brillante.

Dai novello Pappagone. abbocca a fatti prendere per il culo !

[barnybrakkan]

so okay you need an empty never been used propane tank! what if you cant get your hands on one never ever beeen used tank???????? also thanx for your website plenty of advice that helped keep it up man.

[mscannon130]

Sweeet!! Gotta make one now...

[JacqBLUEjay]

Great! I laughed at the warning for this instrument construction! only clever survivors will be able to play.

[MinaStares]

is it a self made hang drum??

[LlamaJudge]

BAAAH!

[Wanderlustus]

Nice stuff, man.

[diezombee]

Sooo when tuning... cut the opposite way of the U's? And hit it with each cut to listen to the tune? I don't have a chromatic tuner... Would an online tuner work? I would appreciate the help :]

[Didgeman80]

@diezombee sounds right but I don't think the online tuner will be enough but I don't know how good your ear is ;)

[captainwiggles777]

@Didgeman80

I cannot for the life of me find any never-filled propane tanks. Is there a way to buy them online or anything?

[evilkittygurl]

@captainwiggles777 If you live stateside, Home Depot sells them for about $30. I just bought one to convert.

[psychomikeo500]

@diezombee to lower the note, you extend the length of the tongues. So start with your tongues short, easier to lengthen them rather than hving to trim them down to smaller mass to make them sound higher in pitch.

[orangetide]

@diezombee KORG sells a great chromatic tuner for around $30 (and you can find it used or on sale for about half that)

[donkeymasternr1]

this is awesome!

[leonas15]

yeah yeah right!!!!..lol...nice try

[artyfaction]

hi, great tone and sound...how did you make this hank drum for poor man;) could you tell what was your material and how you tuned the metall or is it a trick? I would be so glad, if you could share your building plans with me and community a bit...thx...

[Didgeman80]

@artyfaction I have just updated the info on this video to include how I made it, have a read and good luck. :)

[panicatthediscoxgirl]

I need one. Now. This is the coolest thing ever. Screw piano.

[Tummygirl88]

wow ha ha! how did u make this?

[im100and2]

wow although the U's look messy this is one of the best sounding ones on you tube

[TheBlueGummeBear1]

I NEED ONE!!!!!!!

[turdfacesaywhaaaa]

are they hard to make?

[chestateegold]

this is kick ass. im going to make one with the right notes that will sound like dixie.

[Litameena4chan]

GAAAH!!!! I'm SO making one of those over Summer! 80

[Raznorr]

how cool is that!

[cineural]

what did you use to make that thing?

[TROLLDRUMMAREN]

@cineural a propane tank. you can look up the exact building plan including the size of cut outs to create the tones

[mathieu777]

@cineural its a propane tank

[snoozy81]

I think it is made from a propane tank. There are instructions on the web.

[ronspeck]

Would you ever consider making a tutorial on how to build one? I know the process is lengthy but I can't seem to find a good tutorial anywhere.

[octoface4]

how much do you cut each hang part?

[awesomewelles90]

Are the holes taht we can see on the "c" note there from tuning it? or are they soundholes to make it louder or more resonant? Also do you have plans?

[devilsnare20]

I notice on some videos that people have been cutting squared tounges. Whats your opinion on this as I would assume it would be easier to cut them that way rather than having to round them. Should I get the same tone? Also whats your opinion on cutting a port hole if you will either at the bottom or the top as I have seen on some other videos

[Didgeman80]

square will too, whatever is easier for you is what I'd go with. You don't have to put a sound hole, the sound will come and it will fill the room. I only made one so my advice is to experiment and have fun. :)

[dhavlena]

HI

I have full instructions/plans for building one of these hank drums (which I invented) on my webpage. Because youtube does not allow URLs in this comment section, the address of my webpage is my first and last name run-together then a period then the letters com

Dennis Havlena

[Delta9son]

Hank drum is okay but not as good as hang drum.

[barnakovac]

Hy!

Im from Slovakia, and i want to make my own hank drum. Can you please tell me what are the parameters of single panels, and when i made the instrument, how i can tune it? Thank you for your answer!

Barnabás

[zash008]

what guidelines do you use to decide your intitial tung length and width? I have searched forever on the web for some "standard"  or "rule of thumb" to go by.

[BaggyPanther]

Wow! How'd you get so much resonance out of this homemade thing? I'm starting to consider making one of these myself.

[RuthlessToothless89]

Dude that sounds amazing, great job!! im gonna make one, hopefully it sounds that good so its the D minor pentatonic right?

[Didgeman80]

Yes, maybe not as much depth/bass but should still work nicely.

Good luck! :)

[kennylikes2lol]

how did you make this?

[percuso]

Would you get a different sound if you would use a 11 lb gas tank? (That hapi-selling guy is just using those, only the tongues are square XD)

I want to make one as well but I think 11 lb is more compact, playable on your lab.

Nice job!

[technofrenik]

fuck man, that's the best hank drum i've heard. what notes did you put on it? same as the tutorial?

[Didgeman80]

Thanks! Yes, I used the same as the tutorial.

[technofrenik]

nice, i made my first hank drum today - it's not tuned yet but we managed to make it sound pretty good by chance. once it's done i'll upload some videos :]

[Tarzan07330]

finally! someone who made a hank drum that can play it properly and has it tuned! besides dennis, of course. awesome job mate! get a vid of the finished product up sometime.

[RuzleifErikson]

man how did you made that cool thing?

[kkatsa]

you can find a lot of video on youtube that shows how to make a hank drum :D

its easy but use ONLY never filled thank !!! or it will explode an u will DIE xD

[zash008]

AM I MISSING SOMEHTING? why couldn't you use a used tank, just fill it full of water to purge any gas out? why wouldn't doing that work?

[Didgeman80]

I have no idea if that would be ok or not but why not just take it to a pro and let them purge it.

Or, better yet, just buy a brand new empty one at the store for $20 or less.....that's what I did.

Search for vids on propane tank explosions, it's not something to risk ;)

[proudy97]

@Didgeman80 where did you get the empty propane tank?

[O1toolsteel]

@Didgeman80

I have seen people use plasma cutters on watter filled propane tanks. The thing it works best if there is drainage for when water gets everywhere :D

[davedono]

i had never heard of these drums until a hippie took me into the woods and showed me his. i am blown away with how well yours sounds! i'm going to make one of these really soon

[areyouoffit]

your daring. if a happy asked me to follow him into some woods so he could show me 'his' i would run a mile in the opposite direction!

[mickeymouseisdead666]

hi mate,

your drum is made of what ?

thnks!

[Kevindad123]

Great sounding instrument. What are the holes drilled in the sides of some of the tongues? I made a "Hank" today and went a little too far on the High C. I was hoping you did it to raise the pitch.

[Cutsik]

you made this instrument?

[rptalk2me]

Sounds great. Can you give me specifics on the recording equipment and method?

Also. Have you painted it yet? Beware! The paint lowers the pitch considerably.

RP

[Didgeman80]

Thanks! I use a 1.3 mega pixel logitech webcam. I just put it on the chair and angled it down to get the screen shot...nothing fancy.

No paint yet but I did get a new tank for a new scale ;)