Introducing the Percussion Plus steel pan mallet tips Percussion Plus replacement rubber tips for PP462, PP458 and Panyard W4253 & W4057 steel pan mallets. Precision cut rubber steel pan mallet tips. Crafted from the very best quality rubber polymers, offering the perfect balance of thickness and density to produce the authentic Caribbean sounds from your steel drum while also aiding the longevity of tuning. Perfect for both mini and lead pan mallets. Did you know? Steel pans are relatively young instruments that have become phenomenally popular in recent years, particularly with school music departments and events organisers. They originated in Trinidad and Tobago in the 1930s and are traditionally recycled from 55 gallon chemical containers. Both steel pans and steel drums refer to the same thing. Steel pan players will often use rolls, which are rapid fire playing of the same note many times to create a more continuous sound. This allows for stimulated playing of longer notes that maintain their strength rather than decaying such as a single hit would produce.
