Pretty much any instrument which you hit, be it with a beater/stick or with your hands.
percussion
percussion, and strings
Drums are a member of the percussion family.
Percussion.
Broadly speaking, timpani (pl) is a member of the percussion
Percussion Family. The Timpani is struck by mallets ... any instrument that requires a percussive touch is a member of this family ... surprisingly enough, and a little known fact, the Piano is also a member of the Percussion Family ... a key must be struck to produce a tone!!
The bass drum is a member of the percussion family.
xylophone
It is a member of the percussion family. The clapper strikes the bell to make the sound.
They are in fact a member of the pitched percussion family, and as such are indeed pitched.
That would be the Percussion Family. Oddly enough, the Piano is also a member of the Percussion Family, as it requires a wooden hammer covered with felt to strike stretched strings to physically hit the string and thus make it vibrate.
Drums are members of the percussion family of instruments.