timbale
Definitions of timbale
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a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on ittype of:instrument à percussion, percussionsa musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
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small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglerstype of:tamboura musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
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