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  2. Timpani - Wikipedia

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    Timpani (/ ˈ t ɪ m p ə n i /; [2] Italian pronunciation:) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) [2] are musical instruments in the percussion family.A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a membrane called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper.

  3. Evolution of timpani in the 18th and 19th centuries - Wikipedia

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    A modern example of the "Dresden" foot pedal. The last major development in timpani construction during the 19th century came in 1881 when Carl Pittrich, the Kapelldiener (German: Chapel Servant) in the Royal Saxon Orchestra, developed a foot pedal mechanism that could be attached to a timpani and made quick tuning changes much easier. [18]

  4. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    Timpani: Pitched 211.11-922 Membranophone Also called kettle drums Tingsha: Tibet Unpitched 111.142 Idiophone Tom-tom drum: Pitched 211.211.1 Membranophone Tombak: Iran Unpitched 211.261.1 Membranophone Persian, also known as tombak, donbak and dombak, and as Tombakh Naar in Kashmir Triangle: Cajuns Unpitched 111 Idiophone Triccaballacca: Italy ...

  5. Membranophone - Wikipedia

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    A timpani is a kind of kettle drum A cuica is a kind of friction drum. Barrel drums are normally one-headed, and may be open at the bottom. They bulge in the middle. Examples include the Dhak from eastern parts of India, bendre, made by the Mossi of Burkina Faso out of a large calabash, and the trong chau of Vietnam.

  6. List of musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Instrument Picture Classification H-S Number Elementary organology class Origin Common classification Relation Celesta-struck idiophone-metallophone-set of percussion plaques

  7. Classification of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    This underlies the division of the orchestral percussion section into auxiliary percussion, tuned percussion and timpani, and is the reason percussive keyboard instruments such as the celesta are excluded from the percussion section. Origins, cultural significance or tradition, for example grouping instruments as Latin percussion or as African ...

  8. List of membranophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number - Wikipedia

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    Timpani; 211.12 Sets of instruments Tabla; 211.2 Instruments in which the body is tubular (tubular drums) 211.21 Instruments in which the body has the same diameter at the middle and end (cylindrical drums) 211.211 Instruments which have only one usable membrane 211.211.1 Instruments in which the end without a membrane is open Octoban

  9. Timbales - Wikipedia

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    For examples, drummer John Dolmayan of System of a Down is known for using two (6" and 8") mini timbales in his kit [17] and Dave Mackintosh uses a pair of 8" diameter attack timbales 9" and 11" deep made by Meinl Percussion [18] to produce a similar sound to a pair of octobans. Meinl also produce a set of mini timbales of traditional depth but ...