« Q. First streets in Miami were made of a material which caused them to be blinding white by day and like snow on a moonlit night. What was the material?* | Main | Q. The 368 male voters of this new city decided to call it Miami. What was the name favored by the railroad men? »
(Credit: Historical Museum of Southern Florida)
The instrument depicted above is called a “pan” in Trinidad, the country in which they were invented. There are several types of pans, each with a specific range of notes, in a standard band. For example, the tenor or lead pan’s surface is divided into approximately 30 notes!
Posted at 06:13 AM on May 28, 2009 | Permalink
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451b26169e201156f6d6c8d970c
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Q. What is this instrument made of?:
Comments