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Steel drums

Scope note

Percussion idiophones made from the ends of oil drums, cut to a relatively shallow depth, made concave, subdivided by grooves, and hammered so as to create up to 30 segments, each of which produces a tuned pitch when struck with a rubber-headed stick.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000212773

Equivalent Terms used

steel drum

Created

13yrs ago

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