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. |
The orchestral kettledrum has a practical compass of five full tones. |
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! |