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A symphony orchestra without a kettledrummer, for instance, is about as helpless as a car without a carburetor.
From Time Magazine Archive
It beat down all his objections with the fury of a kettledrummer in a Wagnerian climax.
From Time Magazine Archive
The count sent for the kettledrummer and questioned him.
From The Chinese Fairy Book by Richard Wilhelm
The kettledrummer of that day had a peculiar habit of breaking in before the rest of the orchestra.
From Musical Memories by Edwin Gile Rich
