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A Dictionary of Music and Musicians
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. 463
b
.]
[
V. de P.
]
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