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Answer for the clue "Usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end ", 13 letters:
membranophone

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end [syn: drum , tympan ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A membranophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane . It is one of the four main divisions of instruments in the original Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification . Most membranophones ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context music English) Any musical instrument that produces sound via the vibration of a stretched membrane.