The Caribbean Steelpan and some Offsprings Mode Studies on some families of “Steel” Instruments
Uwe J. Hansen Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN Thomas D. Rossing Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL
Note layout for a lead tenor pan by “PanArt”
Sound spectra of A 4 # note section of PanArt lead tenor pan
Pan mounted for holographic imaging
Instrumentation for electronic holographic interferometry
The lowest three partials of a G 3 note section 189.9Hz391.9Hz583.8Hz
Mode coupling in G 5 (small), G 4 (lower left), and C 4 (upper left) note sections
Skirt mode at 830 Hz
Second mode of a D 4 note section driven with increasing amplitude from top left to bottom right: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A
Mechanical Press sinking of pan (PanArt)
Ping C 4 Note section Modes (0,0) Hz; (0,1) Hz; (1,0) Hz
2 (1,1) modes at 2004 Hz left, and 2066 Hz right and 2 higher modes at 3725 Hz left and 3904 Hz right C 4 note section of ping
The Hang