The timpanis are the musical instruments of the membranophone class, of the drums’ family. It is played through a direct percussion of the drum sticks whose extremities have a padding to soften the beat. It produces a determined sound, regulating the leather’s tension through mechanisms, nowadays actioned by pedals. The instrument is made by a copper or brass bucket (boiler), over which a membrane is lay out, once a leather one, now typically composed by a mylar sheet (a synthetic…
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