Oniro · Living Passport
E2 · Hijaz · 16 notes · low ding
Kone,
E2 Hijaz Kone is not an easy instrument — and that is exactly why it is special. A deep E2 ding under a Hijaz layout, with those augmented seconds that fight you at every pass. Reaching this timbre, this balance from grave to bright, is rare; the note field simply refuses to sit still.
It carries a voice you will not find twice. Since it left the bench it has travelled, been played hard, and been cared for by other great hands along the way.
Below is its full record — every note, its sound fingerprint, the modes hiding inside it, and where it has been. From here, its story is yours to keep writing.
Deviation in cents against each target, for the fundamental and its two tuned partials.
| Note | Fund. | Octave | Fifth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ding · E2 | +1¢ | -2¢ | +4¢ |
| B2 | -2¢ | +3¢ | -3¢ |
| D3 | +1¢ | -1¢ | +2¢ |
| E3 | 0¢ | +2¢ | +5¢ |
| F3 | -1¢ | -3¢ | -2¢ |
| G#3 | +2¢ | +1¢ | +3¢ |
| A3 | -1¢ | +2¢ | -4¢ |
| B3 | +1¢ | -2¢ | +2¢ |
| D4 | 0¢ | +3¢ | +5¢ |
| E4 | +2¢ | -1¢ | -2¢ |
| F4 | -2¢ | +2¢ | +4¢ |
| G#4 | +1¢ | +1¢ | -3¢ |
| A4 | -1¢ | -2¢ | +2¢ |
| B4 | +2¢ | +3¢ | -1¢ |
| D5 | -3¢ | +1¢ | +4¢ |
| E5 | +1¢ | -2¢ | +3¢ |
The full voice of the instrument captured before it left the workshop — every note and its partials in one spectral print.
One shell, more than one world. Start the same notes from a different root and the mood changes.
Phrygian-dominant colour — Andalusian, Middle-Eastern, flamenco. The augmented second between F and G♯ is its signature: exotic, tense, unmistakable.
Begin on A3 and a second scale wakes up inside the same instrument — a raised, restless minor with an Eastern-European ache. The mode this handpan was built to reveal.
A deep E2 ding needs a large, thick body — the shells are drawn and joined to hold that fundamental.
The augmented seconds of Hijaz are unforgiving to shape and tune. This particular timbre took many passes to win.
Oven treatment locks the tuning; the steel relaxes and the 16 notes settle into place.
Final pass note by note, the sound fingerprint captured, and the birth certificate sealed by Oniro.
Great instruments pass through great hands. Every retune is kept on record.
A full retune that refreshed the Hijaz colour and evened out the partials.
Most recent service by the maker behind Telos Instruments — the voice brought back to true.
Out on the road and into the circle — E2 Hijaz Kone shared its rare low voice with players by the sea.
Passed around among makers and players, its Hijaz timbre and deep ding drew a crowd.
The fun one: Kone improvising on E2 Hijaz Kone for a joyful music video, filmed on the move while Edhu Spina drove the caravan — a double bass and a trumpet weaving around the melody as it rolled down the road.
“From here, the story is his to write.”
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