Timpani

Rarity: Rare

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At a glance

Class

Invention

Domain

Arts and letters

Knowledge cost

4

In collections

1 player has it in their collection.

What Wikipedia says

The timpani (; Italian pronunciation: [ˈtimpani]) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a membrane called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper.

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