Steel Pans - Steel Drums
There is a long history about steel pans/steel drums
Since 1800s, the inhabitants of Trinidad had been participating in a street carnival brought to the Caribbean island by the French. When the freed slaves (slavery was abolished in the West Indies in 1834) joined in the festivities, they could not afford the conventional instruments, so they used African drums, the instruments of their ancestors, then created percussion bands made up of bamboo joints cut from the bamboo plant …..
Steps Making Traditional Steel Pans (Steel Drums)
STEP 1 – SINKING
STEP 2 – MARKING
STEP 3 – COUNTER-SINKING
STEP 4 – GROOVING
STEP 5 – SETTING/BACKING
STEP 6 – CUTTING
STEP 7 – BURNING
STEP 8 – TUNING
STEP 9 – APPLYING A PROTECTIVE FINISH
STEP 10 – FINE TUNING AND BLENDING
How to make Steel Drums
Steel Drums Music
The Sound of the Caribbean
Spanish Eyes on Steel Drums
Kirchenkonzert Kanofetti Steelband, Spanish Eyes
Kirchenkonzert Steelband Kanofetti Mümliswil, La Paloma
La Paloma – Orchestra and Song
Desert Ridge Academy Music Desert Steel Spanish Eyes