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Kettledrum

noun
1.
A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.  Synonyms: kettle, timpani, tympani, tympanum.






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"Kettledrum" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mayfair dame, I believe, introduced the "Kettledrum" for the especial saving of poor young men who did not know what to do with their afternoons in our arid Belgravian desert. But, a little more is wanted besides five-o'clock tea; and, until it is granted, we will continue to have matrimonial ...
— She and I, Volume 1 • John Conroy Hutcheson

... happened in winter, the bandmaster of the town and his colleagues, supported by a few other moderate dilettante players, gave a concert, and I, owing to the strict time I always kept, was permitted to play the kettledrum in the symphony. It was not until later that I perceived how ridiculous and extravagant these concerts were. My teacher generally played two concertos on the piano by Wolff or Emanuel Bach,[3] a member of the town band ...
— Weird Tales. Vol. I • E. T. A. Hoffmann

... kettledrum, the tea being our own and made under personal supervision, Miss Blunt perched herself on a hillock to sketch, and Mr. Sydney explored the neighbourhood for flowers, of which gentians were the principal object of his search. Both having in a certain degree attained their ends, we started again at ...
— Twixt France and Spain • E. Ernest Bilbrough



Words linked to "Kettledrum" :   tympanum, timpani, tympani, percussion instrument, percussive instrument



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