Drums

Drums
Object information
Usage	Musical instrument
Owners	Orsino Thruston Hogwarts choir

The drums are members of the percussion group of musical instruments, technically classified as the membranous. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a drumstick, to produce sound. There is usually a "resonance head" on the underside of the drum. Other techniques have been used to cause drums to make sound, such as the thumb roll. Drums are the world's oldest and most ubiquitous musical instruments, and the basic design has remained virtually unchanged for thousands of years. A few types of drums such as timpani are always tuned to a certain pitch. Often, several drums, other than timpani drums, can be arranged together to create a drum kit. Orsino Thruston used drums when playing. A drum were used by the Hogwarts choir when they were performing in 1993 at the Welcoming feast.

Behind the scenes

• In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 there is a drum in front of the Quidditch pitch in the past of the 1993–1994 school year.
• One of the possible questions that can be asked during the sorting quiz on Pottermore is about musical instrument preferences. One of the possible answers is a drum.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• Famous Wizard Card
• Pottermore