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It beat down all his objections with the fury of a kettledrummer in a Wagnerian climax.

From Time Magazine Archive

A symphony orchestra without a kettledrummer, for instance, is about as helpless as a car without a carburetor.

From Time Magazine Archive

The count sent for the kettledrummer and questioned him.

From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard

The kettledrummer of that day had a peculiar habit of breaking in before the rest of the orchestra.

From Musical Memories by Rich, Edwin Gile