1. The Caribbean Steelpan and some Offsprings Mode Studies on some families of “Steel” Instruments

2. Uwe J. Hansen Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN Thomas D. Rossing Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL

3. Note layout for a lead tenor pan by “PanArt”

4. Sound spectra of A 4 # note section of PanArt lead tenor pan

5. Pan mounted for holographic imaging

6. Instrumentation for electronic holographic interferometry

7. The lowest three partials of a G 3 note section 189.9Hz391.9Hz583.8Hz

8. Mode coupling in G 5 (small), G 4 (lower left), and C 4 (upper left) note sections

9. Skirt mode at 830 Hz

10. Second mode of a D 4 note section driven with increasing amplitude from top left to bottom right: 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A

11. Mechanical Press sinking of pan (PanArt)

12. Ping C 4 Note section Modes (0,0) 262.2 Hz; (0,1) 519.2 Hz; (1,0) 773.4 Hz

13. 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

14. The Hang