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During his career Goodman made innovations in drum and mallet construction, including a tuning system for drums and a line of timpani mallets, which Regal Tip began manufacturing in 1979. [3] He played the first performance of a timpani concert to be broadcast. [4] During his years at the Philharmonic, he lived in Yonkers, NY.
Timpani is an Italian plural, the singular of which is timpano. However, in English the term timpano is only widely in use by practitioners: several are more typically referred to collectively as kettledrums, timpani, temple drums, or timps. They are also often incorrectly termed timpanis. A musician who plays timpani is a timpanist.
The American Drum Manufacturing Company was a family-owned timpani manufacturer based in Denver, Colorado. Former Denver Symphony Orchestra timpanist Walter Light, who built a custom set of drums for himself, founded the company in 1950 when his colleagues began asking him to build timpani for them. [1] The company was voluntarily dissolved in ...
Brent Clifford, the son of Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford, who has been arrested in connection with a California murder after a woman believed to be his missing girlfriend was ...
Bayard playing timpani at age 14. Michael Bayard was born in Manhattan, New York, and attended public school in Flushing, Queens. His father Leo Bayard was a professional actor who studied at the Max Reinhardt Theatre and is known for his work in the touring company of the Broadway play Detective Story (1949), and with Lux Video Theatre and the Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse.
Max Edward Hartley, 19, was arrested and charged with two counts of battery, four counts of criminal mischief and abusing an elderly or disabled adult. Allen lost his arm in a 1984 car accident.
The Ludwig Drum Company was established in 1909 by William F. & Theobald Ludwig, sons of a German immigrant to the United States. [2] William Jr. had been a professional drummer, playing with circuses and touring vaudeville shows, along with the occasional skating-rink gig.
Timbal, tímpano and timpani all derive from the Latin tympănum, from the Greek týmpanon, meaning drum. (The Spanish word for drum, tambor , although similar, actually derives from Arabic tabl ). In Cuba and Latin America, timbales (timpani) were adapted into pailas , which is the name given to various Spanish metallic bowls and pans used as ...