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The Steel Drum or Steelpan: A Member of the Idiophone Family Of Instruments. (No. 111.24)

The steel drum or steelpan is classified as an idiophone, by the Hornbostel-Sacs Number System (111.24).The P.H.I., E-Pan, MalletKat, and PanKat, however, are classified as "electrophones" (Numbers not assigned). Therefore, the E-Pan is NOT a steelpa

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The Steel Drum or Steelpan: A Member of the Idiophone Family Of Instruments. (No. 111.24)

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