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What Is That Instrument? St. Luke's Volunteer Finds And Shares Peace With A Handpan

Volunteer Dave Jones plays the handpan at St. Luke's Boise COVID-19 vaccination clinic.
Anita Kissee
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St. Luke's Hospitals
Volunteer Dave Jones plays the handpan at St. Luke's Boise COVID-19 vaccination clinic.

A new vaccination can be scary. The shot itself could be anxiety-inducing, or the 15 minute wait — in relative silence — to be sure there’s no adverse reaction.

On some days at St. Luke’s Hospital COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Boise, that anxious tension might be absorbed into the sounds of an instrument called the handpan, played by the hands of a self-taught volunteer eager to share its healing power.

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Troy Oppie is a reporter and local host of 'All Things Considered' for Boise State Public Radio News.

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