Frame drum

Frame drum (Fr.: tambour sur cadre; Ger.: Rahmentrommel), drum with a diam. as great or greater than the depth of its body; it may have 1 or 2 heads, be round or have corners, be large or small. Some varieties are fitted with handles. Frame drums were known to ancient Sumer, where they assumed great proportions, and are still played in many parts of the world today, in Europe chiefly as the tambourine. Also found in Africa, America, Asia (100). Hornborstel, E. M. von, and Sachs, Curt…