13K views · 161 reactions | World record timpani re-tuning - Vienna 1790: At the time (1790) this was the fastest that a composer required timpani to be retuned. This speed was much faster than just a few years before when timpani had hardly been asked to re-tune mid-piece at all. However this record dramatically dropped many times in the 19th Century as timpani evolved quicker tuning mechanisms. | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment | Facebook