What Every YataoPan Comes With
Yataopan
Designed for every stage of your handpan journey - from your first notes to your finest performance.
Three tiers · One promise
Find Your Line
The YataoPan comes in three distinct lines, each designed for a different stage of your musical journey.
YataoPan Starter
Your First Handpan.
Best price-to-quality ratio
The YataoPan Starter answers one question: what's the best handpan you can buy when you're just starting out, without overpaying for features you don't necessarily yet need? Solid sound, stable tuning, fair price. A Beginner Handpan, done right.
- Handcrafted with stainless steel
- D Kurd and beginner-friendly scales
- Includes Yatao softbag
- 2-year retuning warranty
from
1.100 €
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YataoPan Expert
More Notes. More Craft.
Fully handcrafted · Extended scales
For players who have outgrown their first instrument - or who know from the start they want something more. Every YataoPan Expert is fully handcrafted with higher tonal complexity and expanded scale options.
- Fully handcrafted instruments
- Extended scales & bottom notes
- Higher tonal complexity & sustain
- 2-year retuning warranty
from
1.700 €
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YataoPan Master
The Finest We Make.
Limited editions · Master craftsmanship
Each instrument is built by our master craftsperson in a time-intensive, fully manual process. Released in limited quantities, with multi-note configurations selected for their musical depth. Not the most expensive - the genuinely best.
- Master-level craftsperson build
- Selected multi-note configurations
- Limited availability - sold individually
- 2-year retuning warranty
from
2.200 €
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The handpan market has always had a transparency problem. Instruments with wildly different quality levels sell for the same price. Cheap instruments get dressed up in marketing. Beginners - the people who need guidance most - are also the most exposed to bad decisions.
When Malte Marten co-founded the Yataoshop in 2020 with his childhood friend Stephan and his brother Sebastian, the mission was clear: make handpans accessible to everyone, without compromising on honesty. The YataoPan was born from a simple question - why should a beginner spend €2,500 or more just to find out if the instrument is right for them?
The answer was the Yataopan Starter: a genuinely good entry instrument at a fair price, sold without inflated margins. Not the best handpan ever made - but the best handpan for where most players start.
Four years later, the YataoPan is more than a beginner instrument. Built in close collaboration with trusted manufacturing partners we've worked with since the beginning, the line has grown to include fully handcrafted Expert and Master models. Every single instrument is play-tested before it ships. If the sound isn't right, we don't send it - we fix it first.
Started out as a pure online shop, we increased our knowledge and skillset to be able to also tune our handpans directly in our facilities.
Our goal is to provide you with the perfect handpan: from affordable entry-level quality to high-end artisanal instrument.
That's the YataoPan promise. It always has been.
YataoPan D Kurd 11 Ember2.200,00 €
The YataoPan D Kurd 11 Ember is the next step for players who love the world's most popular handpan scale - and want more of it. Built from Ember Steel, it carries the warm, b...
Yataopan models explained
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The three lines represent different stages of craftsmanship and musical complexity. The Beginner Line offers the best value for new players — solid, honest instruments at fair prices. The Expert Line is fully handcrafted with extended scale options and higher tonal quality. The Master Line is our most exclusive tier: instruments built by master craftspeople in limited runs, with multi-note configurations and the highest level of precision we offer. All three lines include our 2-year retuning warranty.
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Yes — and we say that with transparency built in. The Beginner Line was specifically designed to offer genuine quality at an entry price, without the inflated margins common in the handpan market. We work with long-term manufacturing partners, play-test every instrument before it ships, and carry out quality corrections on-site when needed.
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Our worldwide 2-year retuning warranty covers detuning caused by normal playing use. If your YataoPan falls out of tune within two years of purchase, we will arrange a retuning and cover the cost — worldwide. The warranty does not apply to physical damage from drops or impacts.
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D Kurd is the most popular starting scale and the one we recommend for most first-time players. It's expressive, versatile, and well-suited to both solo playing and jamming. If you have a specific musical direction in mind, contact us and we'll help you find the right scale.