The steel pan is the only musical instrument to have been invented in the 20th century. The story begins in Trinidad, in the Caribbean, where the people first begin to use all kinds of metal objects to make music. They collected a wide variety of assorted tins and shaped them and tuned them until they were turned into musical instruments. From Trinidad, the mighty steel orchestra has spread across the world. Includes a CD of Sterling's Angels (children's steel band led by Pan Maestro Sterling Betancourt) playing a range of music.
- ISBN13 9781870516747
- Publish Date 5 April 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 September 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Imprint Tamarind Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 56
- Language English