steel drum
noun
: a musical instrument originally developed in Trinidad that is played by hammering raised and tuned portions of the bottom of an oil drum
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It is ideally adapted to dwell inside any steel drums of radioactive waste now entombed at the Yucca Mountain Repository.
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Christian Bök, Harpers Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
Along with a 3-6 p.m. weekday happy hour, Lucky Fish has scheduled live acts performing island music with steel drums from 6 to 9 p.m. daily.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
There, some 65 guests bid on the bags while enjoying Sunday brunch made to order on the premises — champagne and mimosas — and live steel drum music.
—Sloane Brown, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2025
Along with the sousaphone and the steel drum, the saxophone is one of only a few acoustic instruments invented over the past two centuries to have enjoyed any sort of broad popularity, at least in Western music.
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Christian Bök, Harpers Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
Along with a 3-6 p.m. weekday happy hour, Lucky Fish has scheduled live acts performing island music with steel drums from 6 to 9 p.m. daily.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
There, some 65 guests bid on the bags while enjoying Sunday brunch made to order on the premises — champagne and mimosas — and live steel drum music.
—Sloane Brown, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2025
Along with the sousaphone and the steel drum, the saxophone is one of only a few acoustic instruments invented over the past two centuries to have enjoyed any sort of broad popularity, at least in Western music.
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Steel drum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steel%20drum. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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