In Reply to: I'd go for it posted by gd on March 10, 2017 at 13:40:31:
" Any one up on pony skin and HIP tympani, "
At a recent eries of Neilsen symphonies I attended each was accompanied by one of the Haydn "London" symphonies. For the Haydns the modern tymps were abandoned and a set of 18th century types with real skin brought in. Of course much smaller than the modern equivalents as well. I have to say I was thankful as they sounded wonderful. This was with the Philharmonia- not an HIP band.
I often do not like the sound of modern tymps - one could almost believe that the players were hitting big sheets of plastic...:-)
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