Answer:
I am a red drum which sound without being touched and grow silent when I am touched.
Flat as a leaf round as a ring. I have two eyes but can't see a thing.
I am the only thing that place today before yesterday. (one word)
Two in a whole and four in a pair. Six in a trio you see. Eight's a quartet but what you must get is the name that fits just one of me.
A single syllable do I claim black was my most famous name; Fetal to mortals here below thousands have I slain in a single blow.
It can be cracked, It can be made, It can be told, it can be played. What is it?