Doodle created a short animated video of people playing the instrument to celebrate it. Also known as a steel drum or a pan, it's a percussion instrument that originated in Trinidad and Tobago.

Today video honours the instrument. The Google Doodle on Tuesday, July 26th celebrates a musical instrument called the steelpan. Also known as a pan or steel drum, the acoustic instrument ...

July 26 (UPI) --Google unveiled a new Doodle on its home page Tuesday ... the steelpan was introduced to the world when the Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) performed at ...

Today, Google has published a new Doodle (watch above) in celebration of the steelpan ... On this day, 26 July, in 1951, the Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) performed at the ...

Tuesday's Google Doodle honors the steelpan ... 26th as it coincides with the 71st anniversary of the Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) performance at the Festival of Britain ...

Steel pan music came to UK in 1951 when a band from Trinidad and Tobago performed at the Festival of Britain.Steel bands developed during the Second World War in Trinidad in the Caribbean ...

Sometimes, when he’s on the bandstand, his body jerking and his face locked in a grimace as he tucks into a solo that sails from one key change to the next, the jazz steel pan player Victor ...

The duration of a Google Doodle is 24 hours. Steelpan is a percussion instrument made of 55-gallon steel cargo drums introduced to the world in 1951 by the Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion ...