Pans originated in Trinidad in the 1930's. Pans are made from 55 gallon oil barrels. They are still hand made, one at a time. Many of our pans are available chromed. Chromed lead pans sound a bit brighter than painted pans.
Many people buy the chromed pans just for their appearance.
The painted pans are available in any color you want. We have our sound files available in three different formats. QuickTime and Shockwave. These files are highly compressed so they download much faster. But you need a fairly fast computer and browser plug-ins to play them.