Table of Contents
This is the complete table of contents for the Steel Pan Tuning Handbook. Please note that every web page carries a list of contents on the left hand side of the page.
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Preface
I. Making and Tuning a Steel Pan
- 1. Choosing the drum
- 2. Sinking
- 3. Marking of notes
- 4. Backing
- 5. Grooving
- 6. Levelling
- 7. Cutting the drum
- 8. Tempering
- 9. Tuning
- 10. Holes for hanging
- 11. Fine tuning
- 12. Finishing
- 13. Blending
- 14. Stands
- 15. Sticks
II. Developments, Innovations and Experiments
- Pan Innovation Award
- 16. Innovations regarding the instrument
- 17. New tools and crafting methods
- 18. Standardization
III. Acoustic Function of the Steel Pan
- 19. Music acoustics
- 20. Tone generation in steel pans
- 21. Material
- 22. The "sink"
- 23. The groove
- 24. The note
- 25. Layout
- 26. The skirt
- 27. Sticks
IV. Layouts, Measures and Tools
- A. Measures for common steel pan models
- B. Tools for pan making
- C. Measures for sticks
- D. Steel drums for panmaking
- E. Definitions of vocabulary
- F. Names and addresses
V. References & Index
Updated and new parts in the web version of the book
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