Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1232 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title timbales Subject 211.211.2 Publisher Latin Percussion Contributor Roger Vetter Type cosmopolitan (Latin-American) Format 14 and 15 in. diameters (l. and r.) 6.5 in. depth Identifier 2831 Source Caribbean Language EN Alternative Title tymbales creoles timbales creoles Extent LP 257 Medium metal - sheet metal membrane - synthetic Requires 1 Is Part Of Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection Spatial Coverage Americas Provenance Grinnell College Music Department Number of drums comprising instrument for membranophone pair of drums Shell design for membranophone tubular - cylindrical Number and function of membranes for membranophone one, for sounding Membrane design for membranophone framed with rigid flesh hoop Membrane attachment for membranophone counterhoop, lapped over framed membrane hoop, connected by lacing or tension rods to brackets attached to shell Membrane tension control for membranophone rotating screw rods or bolts Sounding for membranophone striking with two handheld beaters Sound modifiers for membranophone none Category of Instrument membranophone --