Chinese languages

Here at West Virginia University, our drumline has a tradition of getting a tattoo that means "drum". Years ago they had a guy from the great china buffet draw the chinese symbol for drum on a napkin and they have got it tattooed on many people. I've tried to find what it means to make sure it means drum before I get it tattooed on my body. Can somebody tell me what it really means?

It is 锣, which is the simplified character for "gong" (its traditional version is 鑼).

"Drum" should be 鼓.

If your drumline wants to redesign the logo, here's a Photoshop file I made with the character in vector format:

http://www.mediafire.com/?6bdjulhtjlz

Never trust the people at any place called "The Great China Buffet"...