指油桶底端製成的打擊體鳴樂器，以相當淺的深度切割，製成凹形，再以溝紋細分，並以錘子敲打，製造出最多可多達三十個的不同的部份，以橡膠鼓槌敲擊，每個部份會產生一個固定的音高。

鋼鼓(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,,)
kang ku(P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
gāng gǔ(P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
gang gu(P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
steel drums(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,PN)
steel drums(P,,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,D,U,U)
steel drum(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
steel drum(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,AD,U,U)
drums, steel(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
pans(steel drums)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
tambours métalliques(P,,U,法語-偏好,D,U,PN)
tambour métallique(,U,法語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
tambores metálicos(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,PN)
tambor metálico(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....物件層面
........裝備與設備
............聲音裝置 (層級名)
................<依音響特性區分之聲音裝置>
....................體鳴樂器
........................敲擊體鳴樂器
............................<直接敲擊的體鳴樂器>
................................打擊體鳴樂器
....................................<擊奏體鳴樂器：空心>
........................................鋼鼓

user(s) are....

鋼鼓樂團

英文....	Percussion idiophones made from the ends of oil drums, cut to a relatively shallow depth, made concave, subdivided by grooves, and hammered so as to create up to 30 segments, each of which produces a tuned pitch when struck with a rubber-headed stick.
荷蘭語....	Slaginstrumenten met maximaal 30 gestemde vlakken aangebracht op het uiteinde van ingekorte olievaten; bespeeld door erop te slaan met stokken met rubberen kop.

鋼鼓............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	音樂辭典 510
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 April 11, 2012
steel drums............	[VP]
.................	Sadie, New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (1984) illustration, Vol. 3, 449
.................	Randel, New Harvard Dictionary of Music (1986)
.................	Personal Communication Outside review at AAT, 2/28/92.
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
steel drum............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
drums, steel............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
pans(steel drums)............	[VP]
.................	Sadie, New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (1984) Vol. 3, 14; pans
.................	Arnold, New Oxford Companion to Music (1983) Vol. 2, 1746; pans
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
tambours métalliques............	[CHIN]
.................	CHIN database
tambour métallique............	[VP]
.................	CHIN database
tambores metálicos............	[VP]
.................	TAA database (2000-)
tambor metálico............	[VP]
.................	TAA database (2000-)
.................	Tranchefort, Los Instrumentos Musicales (1994)
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	CHIN database
.................	Encyclopedie van muziekinstrumenten (1977)

Getty AAT: 300212773 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300212773
聯合目錄： 鋼鼓 、kang ku 、gāng gǔ 、gang gu 、steel drums 、steel drum 、drums, steel 、pans 、steel drums 、steel drum 、tambours métalliques 、tambour métallique 、tambores metálicos 、tambor metálico