The orchestral kettledrum has a practical compass of five full tones. |
The oblong panels in the zone towards the base of the kettledrum show a kufic inscription of unknown content. |
Those who still admire Ezra Pound's pretentious poetry will presumably enjoy listening to him reciting while thumping on a kettledrum. |
The carpenter sat beside him with a kettledrum, more literally a kettledrum even than the real thing, for that drum was a kettle! |
One of them is a small drum on a vertical frame of lathe-turned wood whereas the other is a metallic kettledrum. |
This kettledrum was probably used in falconry to call the falcon back to the owner. |