<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">timpani</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>timpanists</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>kettledrums</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>orchestral kettledrums</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>timpanum</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>timpanums</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>tympani</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></note></mads>