One of them is a small drum on a vertical frame of lathe-turned wood whereas the other is a metallic kettledrum. |
At least in the imaginary versions for bass tuba or kettledrum I wager to say that he is right. |
He was tall and light-skinned, with a kettledrum chest and the kind of fat stomach that somehow manages to look hard: the body of a tight end. |
This kettledrum was probably used in falconry to call the falcon back to the owner. |
Like the huge kettledrum of some warring tribe each thunderclap momentarily burying the sounds of bumper-to-bumper traffic beyond the liquid curtain suddenly drawn across the awning. |
The orchestral kettledrum has a practical compass of five full tones. |