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n. a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
Word Usage
"The sound system was spectacular, no distortion, loud without being too loud and you could hear the full range of sound from the flutes way up high to the guy banging away on the tympani, the way music was meant to be heard."