Timbales
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Timbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing. They are shallower than single-headed tom-toms and usually tuned much higher, especially for their size.
Timbales with a single cowbell
Ubaldo Nieto (center right) on timbales with Machito's Afro-Cubans, 1947
Tito Puente's timbales on exhibit in the Musical Instrument Museum of Phoenix
Arturo Sandoval on timbales at the Hard Rock Cafe, Times Square
Tom drum
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A tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snares, named from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala language. It was added to the drum kit in the early part of the 20th century. Most toms range in size between 1
Timbales
…Timbales () are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing. They are shallower than single-headed tom-toms and usually tuned much higher, especially for their size. Timbales are struck with wooden sticks on the heads and shells, although bare hands are…
12 in × 8 in (30 cm × 20 cm) rack tom mounted to a stand
Tom-toms mounted on a bass drum
In the 1970s, Alex Van Halen simply removed the bottom heads from his hanging toms to create concert toms.
A shell-mounted clamp attached to ball-head floor stand.