Dii

Dii is Dave’s Island Instruments, David Beery’s workshop in Lakewood, California, combining handpan making, tuning, lessons and demonstrations.

Dave’s Island Instruments brings instrument making, maintenance and teaching together in Lakewood, California. David Beery handcrafts and individually tunes the workshop’s custom handpans, including its Aurous instruments. The catalogue distinguishes these from internationally made handpans offered alongside them, and also includes steel drums and ukuleles. Dii provides handpan rentals, private lessons in person or online, and group classes. Its tuning and repair service accepts both Dii handpans and instruments from other makers, with the work assessed according to the instrument’s condition. Beery also teaches an online course covering the construction and tuning of a handpan. The channel’s instrument and scale demonstrations offer a listening companion to these activities, presenting the sound of workshop models and different tunings. This profile represents the workshop and its educational activity.