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Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Sound Devices > sound devices > <sound devices by acoustical characteristics> > membranophones > drums (membranophones) > struck drums > bowl-shaped drums > kettledrums
Descripción
Kettledrums of the Western orchestra, consisting of a large bowl-shaped resonating shell, usually of copper, with a drumhead of calfskin or plastic, and some device for tightening or slackening the drumhead so as to tune it to a given note.
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Otros términos
- pauken [nl]
- timpanum [en]
- orchestral kettledrums [en]
- timpanums [en]
- tympani [en]
- pauk [nl]
- tímpano [es]