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  2. Steelpan - Wikipedia

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    The modern pan is a chromatically pitched percussion instrument made from 200-litre industrial drums. [4]Drum refers to the steel drum containers from which the pans are made; the steel drum is more correctly called a steel pan or pan as it falls into the idiophone family of instruments, and so is not a drum (which is a membranophone).

  3. Ellie Mannette - Wikipedia

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    In 1969, Mannette was awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Silver) of Trinidad and Tobago for his innovations in pan making. For more than 30 years, he was at the forefront of the steelband movement in the United States; in recognition of his contributions to the art form, he received a 1999 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, [11] which is the United States ...

  4. Steel tongue drum - Wikipedia

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    A steel tongue drum can be made from an empty, often 20-lb (9-kg) propane tank. The tank is flipped over and the base is cut or knocked off. Seven to ten tongues are then cut radially into the bottom of the tank, forming the top of the instrument. A steel tongue drum can also be made from a new unused tank head.

  5. Hang (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The Hang is sometimes referred to as a hang drum, but the inventors consider this a misnomer and strongly discourage its use. [4] The instrument is constructed from two half-shells of deep drawn, nitrided steel sheet [5] [6] glued together at the rim leaving the inside hollow and creating the shape of a convex lens. The top ("Ding") side has a ...

  6. Soca music - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of a steel pan. Steelband soca or Pan soca also referred to in Trinidad & Tobago as Pan Kaiso is soca composed for or using steel pans which are types of music drums often used in soca and calypso music; it became so popular that it became its own musical genre. This soca style was mostly pioneered by the late Lord Kitchener whose ...

  7. Colorado snow forecast: Multiple feet expected in the Rockies ...

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    Editor's note: Follow USA TODAY's Wednesday coverage of the Thanksgiving 2024 weather forecast and travel updates.. Heavy snow showers of 1 to 2 feet are expected to blanket in the Colorado ...

  8. Bombo criollo - Wikipedia

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    The bombo criollo, or simply bombo, is a family of Latin American drums derived from the European bass drum (also called in Spanish bombo) and native Latin American drum traditions. [1] These drums are of smaller dimensions than the orchestral bass drum, and their frame can be made of wood or steel.

  9. 4 predictions for the US housing market in 2025, according to ...

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    Zillow predicts the US housing market will keep shifting in 2025.. The real-estate firm says the average home value rose by 2.6% annually in October. It says homebuying activity should pick up ...