TheHangisamusicalinstrumentintheidiophoneclass,createdinSwitzerland.
Theinstrumentisconstructedfromtwohalf-shellsofdeepdrawn,nitridedsteelsheetgluedtogetherattherimleavingtheinsidehollowandcreatingadistinct'UFOshape'.Thetop("Ding")sidehasacenter'note'hammeredintoitandsevenoreight'tonefields'hammeredaroundthecenter.Thebottom("Gu")isaplainsurfacethathasarolledholeinthecenterwithatunednotethatcanbecreatedwhentherimisstruck.Alseitiscalledhandpan.
TheHangusessomeofthesamebasicphysicalprinciplesasasteelpan,butmodifiedinsuchawayastoactasaHelmholtzresonator.ThecreationoftheHangwastheresultofmanyyearsofresearchonthesteelpanandotherinstruments.