timpani

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Scope note
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.
timpani
Accepted term: 22-Apr-2024