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usually uncountable, plural timpanis
(music) The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra. quotations examples
Since the timpani is a legato instrument, a note must be allowed to sound and ring to achieve the full effect of the drum.
2010, Steven L. Schweizer, Timpani Tone and the Interpretation of Baroque and Classical Music, Oxford University Press, page 38
plural of timpano examples