A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Kettle-drums


​KETTLE-DRUMS are copper or brass basins, with a skin or head that can be tuned to a true musical note. Used by cavalry and in orchestras. [Drum, 2, vol. i. p. 463b.]

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