- Bertie Marshall
Bertie Marshall (* 1936 as Bertram Lloyd Marshall in
Port-of-Spain ,Trinidad ) is apioneer ,musician and music instrument maker of theSteel Pan .Life and Merits
Marshall is credited to have introduced harmonic tuning of Steelpan notes in 1956, as well as inventing the Double Tenor instrument.
He also developed the "Quadrophonics", "Six Pan" and "Twelve Bass" together with Rudolph Charles of Desperadoes Steel Orchestra from
Laventille . Marshall has been building and tuning instruments for Desperadoes since 1970.Marshall was part of a project of the Caribbean Industrial Research Insitute in 1982 which investigated the possibilities of machine production of Steel Pans.
Bertie Marshall received the
Chaconia Medal (Gold) in 1992.He further received the Order of the Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago , presented by presidentGeorge Maxwell Richards in 2008.Readings
Felix I. R. Blake: The Trinidad and Tobago Steel Pan: History and Evolution. ISBN 0-952-55280-9
References
Materials science and metallurgy of the Caribbean steel drum Part I Fabrication, deformation phenomena and acoustic fundamentals, Springer Netherlands, ISSN0022-2461
Reflection on Aspects that define the Steelband culture of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Jeannine Remy D.M.A. and Jeremy G. de Barry P.Dip. E.E.Eng. - June 2005
Weblinks
http://www.trinbagopan.com/bertie/1803058.html
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