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No. However, although not all percussion instruments are considered "tuned percussion instruments" they all have pitch. The one example of an instrument that cannot be tuned would be cymbals. However, in in the case of cymbals, manufacturers can chisel away material on the cymbal and alter the shape to produce a specific series of overtones. Even so, the average percussionist cannot easily tune a cymbal to a specific note as he may do to a snare drum with a drum key.

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Yes, it can. Some timpanists will use a tuning fork to tune the timpani, whether it be before or in the middle of a song. Another tool a timpanist will use is a pitch pipe.

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