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Bass Tuba. Length, 3 ft. 3 in.
supplies the lowest part of the brass choir, as the double-bass does in the string choir. It is used in both orchestra and band, being often supported in the larger bands by a still lower-toned member of the same family—the contra-bass tuba. The range of the tuba is from
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27. The kettle-drum is the most important member of the percussion family and is always used either in pairs or in threes. The size of these instruments varies somewhat with the make, but when two drums are used the diameter is approximately that given under the illustration. The range of a pair of drums is one octave
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Bass Drum. Diameter about 2½ ft.
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Cymbals. Diameter, 13½ in.
and when but two drums are used the larger one takes the tones from F to about C of this range, and the smaller takes those
