Tom-tom

General info:

A tom-tom drum is a cylindrical drum with no snares. The name came originally from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala. The tom-tom drum became part of the drum kit in the early 1900s. Most toms range in size between 15 and 51 cm in diameter.

History:

The first drum kit tom-toms had no rims; the heads were tacked to the shell. As major drum manufacturers began to offer tunable tom-toms, a 30cm wide by 20cm deep drum became standard, mounted on the left side of the bass drum. Later a 41cm wde drum mounted on three legs was added. Finally, a 33cm wide by 23cm deep drum was mounted on the right of the bass drum.

Later, the mounted tom-toms, known as hanging toms or rack toms, were deepened by one inch each, these sizes being called power toms.

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Foreign names:

Tom-tom ---- German

Tom-tom ---- French

Tom-tom ---- Italian

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