Music from oil drums: The acoustics of the steel pan

Physics Today

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 24-29

  Rossing, Thomas D ^a   Hampton, D Scott ^c   Hansen, Uwe J ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0001391708     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.881489     Document Type: Article

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