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The steelpan (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago.

Steel band music originated in Trinidad in the Caribbean, but it has become a Bream Bay tradition since a former teacher acquired a set of pans and brought their distinctive sound to Northland.