Steel pans are made from industrial drums used for carrying oil. On a steel drum, you will see a series of dents hammered into the shiny metal surface. Each dent creates a different note.

The steelpan (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago.

A documentary film directed by French film-makers Daniel Verba and Jean-Jacques Mrejen on the history and development of the steel-drum, said to be the only musical instrument to have been invented in ...