First School to Purchase the Percussive Harmonic Instrument (P.H.I.) - St. Xavier’s Private School

[Pan Times]

First School to Purchase the Percussive Harmonic Instrument (P.H.I.) - St. Xavier’s Private School

St. Xavier's students with PHI InstrumentSt. Joseph, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Panadigm Innovations Ltd (PIL), makers of the Percussive Harmonic Instrument (P.H.I.) and G-pan announced the handing over of two P.H.I.s to St Xavier’s Private School, St. Joseph.

The P.H.I. is the very first “electronic pan” ever created and patented. It is what is known in the music world as a MIDI controller; however, it has a physical form inspired by the ingenuity of the traditional steelpan. MIDI controllers allow musicians to utilize equipment on a MIDI digital network to create, perform and manipulate music.

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[Pan King]

Now i see you phi people is starting to come around and tell people the truth.That thing you all have there is a controller which means it do not carry any built-in tones/sounds as people need to know that so that when they buy one they also know they have to buy a sound generator and other things etc.Now how can you call the phi the first electronic steelpan it don't have any sound, da, steelpan has sound, so then it is not a electronic steelpan i hope you all get it now,and it is not the first the e-pan is the e-pan has built in tones/sounds and it was the first so you all will also come around to that news soon LOL the e-pan has steelpan built-in just visit www.napeinc.com and you will see for your self.ALSO the e-pan has a patents granted long before you all even applied for your first design controller patent.All you phi people are living a big lie.just visit http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITO...

[Kathy]

When coming to music and culture St Xavier's is a true member.These kids toured Brazil,England/Ireland . June 2010,22 of them will be going The Netherlands.taking our Steel Pan ,songs dances and mas with them.Hats of to you St Xavier's

[Soluna Garnes]

Well I must say that, as a past student of the school, and having played the pan there since the 'D' Pan days, the steel pan has come quite a long way; actually the school has.

Congrats to St. Xavier's Private School!
Congrats as well to long standing founder of the school orchestra and of the internal Panorama - Mrs. Rosalind Garnes! (Congrats mom!)

[GospelPan]

What's the advantage?

A MIDI controller pan is only useful in cases where you need to input a score into a program like Finale, Sibelius, etc. or to simply hear different sounds produced by these same programs.

In fact, it maybe better to use a MIDI controller keyboard because that way, students can play chords.

[vera m haynes]

Very good idea!