I have a steel pan around the basement and the means to measure its tuning, so: Partials: Note 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th C5: 26.0 23.9 26.2 24.8 11.2 28.3 -7.0 24.0 G5: 21.3 24.3 28.3 23.3 11.3 NR NR NR C6: 26.7 22.1 26.4 NR NR NR NR NR (NR means the ETD couldn't get a reading at that level.) As you can see above, there is inharmonicity but it is inconsistent. The partials of the two C's are "flat," and the partials of the G are sharp. I don't know much about steel pans, but I would think that a good maker would have to get good enough to control the inharmonicity of the individual notes in order get an instrument that could be tuned. A (piano) ETD might very well be a good investment. Kent Swafford
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