From the manufacturer
Meet the Jumbie Jam
The Jumbie Jam is by far the best quality and most authentic sounding beginners’ steel pan on the market. It’s the perfect gift to encourage classes of young children to make music together and explore the sounds of the Caribbean. It has also become popular with older and more advanced musicians looking to add a tropical twist to their lives.
Jumbie Jam in blue with table top stand
Versatility is the best way to describe the Jumbie Jam; a blend of simple design, durability, and ease of learning/teaching makes it a fantastic instrument for all ages and musical abilities. It truly can be used as an entry level instrument or played at a professional level.
Jumbie Jam offers a fun, effective and immediate learning experience. The bold electrostatic powder coat paint finishes add to the spirit of enjoyment and possibly even mischief conjured up by the “Jumbie” character from Trinidadian folklore. Let your hair down and embrace the Caribbean spirit!
Jumbie Jam in grey with table top stand
Versatility is the best way to describe the Jumbie Jam; a blend of simple design, durability, and ease of learning/teaching makes it a fantastic instrument for all ages and musical abilities. It truly can be used as an entry level instrument or played at a professional level.
Jumbie Jam offers a fun, effective and immediate learning experience. This model supplied in matt grey electrostatic powder coat paint finish closely resembles its full sized counterparts in the Steel Pan family. Musical journeys which start with Jumbie Jam can lead to a long and happy playing career in steel bands!
Jumbie Jam in pink with table top stand
Versatility is the best way to describe the Jumbie Jam; a blend of simple design, durability, and ease of learning/teaching makes it a fantastic instrument for all ages and musical abilities. It truly can be used as an entry level instrument or played at a professional level.
Jumbie Jam offers a fun, effective and immediate learning experience. The bold electrostatic powder coat paint finishes add to the spirit of enjoyment and possibly even mischief conjured up by the “Jumbie” character from Trinidadian folklore. Let your hair down and embrace the Caribbean spirit!
Jumbie Jam in purple with table top stand
Versatility is the best way to describe the Jumbie Jam; a blend of simple design, durability, and ease of learning/teaching makes it a fantastic instrument for all ages and musical abilities. It truly can be used as an entry level instrument or played at a professional level.
Jumbie Jam offers a fun, effective and immediate learning experience. The bold electrostatic powder coat paint finishes add to the spirit of enjoyment and possibly even mischief conjured up by the “Jumbie” character from Trinidadian folklore. Let your hair down and embrace the Caribbean spirit!
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Build Quality
The origins of steel pan building are that these instruments are hand hammered from oil drums in Trinidad and Tobago. This highly time-consuming process added to the distance the pans will travel to reach their customers result in high production costs. The Jumbie Jam is proudly produced in the USA where it is machine pressed from a single sheet of premium steel. This process applies the overall shape of the notes on the pan surface, which are then fine tuned by hand hammering before the electrostatic powder coat paint finish is applied.
Range
The surface of the pan holds a G major scale over one octave from G4 to G5. Non-specialist teachers can quickly pick up the basics and stay a few tricks ahead of their class, and students will not be intimidated or overwhelmed by the note range available. This ensures a fun, effective and immediate learning experience.
Versatility
Jumbie Jam offers a perfect mix of simple design and layout, durability and ease of learning. This makes it the ideal introduction to steel pan playing for all ages and musical abilities. This joyful instrument is at home in a range of environments – from recreational music making at home to educational settings in the classroom and ensemble playing.
Learning support
The Jumbie Jam Beginner’s Guide and jam tracks is a great place to start! Featuring some basic steel drum care information and a selection of pieces to learn with accompanying audio tracks for a rewarding playing experience. A range of song books is also available, with themes including Island Fun, Reggae, Christmas and Songs of Faith amongst others. These titles all include backing CDs, and the notation is provided with both standard stave notation and letter names to match the letters marked on the Jumbie Jam itself. For players who do not yet read music, there is also the “Songs By Letter” series which solely consists of letter names.
Stands
Jumbie Jam is supplied in either tabletop or free-standing formats, with a corresponding plastic stand. The tabletop stand is a fixed height, very popular in classroom use and especially for SEN students. The free-standing version can be built as required to heights between 53cm and 116cm due to its modular nature and is supplied with a “Fun Feet” base.
Also available to purchase is the powder coated metal Z-stand which is fully height adjustable between 60cm and 90cm.
Accessories
The Jumbie Jam is supplied with a pair of mallets, which are rubber tipped at both ends to protect the pan itself from the shaft of the mallet. This does also offer unique opportunities for experimental playing techniques! Tenor/lead steel pan mallets can also be used to play Jumbie Jam, these are typically slightly longer than the mallets supplied with the set.
Also available to purchase is the Tom & Will Jumbie Jam gig bag. This clever storage and transport solution provides separate sections for the pan, stand and accessories and can be carried either by hand or backpack style.
The Award-winning Jumbie Jam!
Best in Show “Trendsetting Product”
Awarded at the Summer NAMM show, the Best in Show panel consisting of six music industry experts recognized the high quality and user experience.
The Award-winning Jumbie Jam!
Best Tools for Schools Award
The Best Tools for Schools Award was developed by Symphony Publishing, which allowed music educators to identify music products and materials that provide innovative solutions and opportunities for music learning. The expert panel selected the Jumbie Jam recognizing it’s ability to easily teach music and attract students. Also noted were Panyard’s teacher guides and song books assisting the teacher to incorporate the Jumbie Jam into their existing music classroom or teaching it as a new instrument.
Best in Show “Trendsetting Product”
Best Tools for Schools Award
Is discontinued by manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 30.48 x 45.72 x 23.5 cm; 2.02 kg
Manufacturer : Panyard
ASIN : B00ALWDK04
Item model number : W1084
Country of origin : USA
An entertaining beginners’ steel pan designed for children
Tabletop stand version – easy to play on any flat surface
Authentic Caribbean tone and excellent intonation
Pan diameter 40cm and skirt depth 6.5cm
Eight labelled notes cover a range of an octave from G4-G5
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