Heh. If he begged and complained through the union, he might get a plexiglass shield behind his chair.As a former tuba player who had to sit next to a lot of percussion, that poor, poor man.
In the wind ensembles and orchestras of my experience, I can feel tympani strikes through the instrument, against my lips, interacting with the buzz. And if the tympanist has a tin ear (I play in amateur groups), poor tymp intonation really messes me up. I’m sure you know what I mean.
But I’ve also sat in front of premiere military band tympanists and they can play as loud as they want, as far as I’m concerned.
Rick “amateurs play too loud during the soft bits and sound less than stellar during the loud parts” Denney