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Timpani, set of two (2)
Date: 1700 ca.
Place Made:Prussia or Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionCopper bowl, animal-skin head fastened with iron rim and 6 iron nuts and bolts for tuning, iron stand, copper resonating funnel (Schalltrichter).
The small size of this pair of timpani suggests that they were intended for indoor playing. The resonating funnel, possibly a later addition, was an attempt to overcome the unfocussed sound of kettledrums, an idea introduced in the 1730s.
The small size of this pair of timpani suggests that they were intended for indoor playing. The resonating funnel, possibly a later addition, was an attempt to overcome the unfocussed sound of kettledrums, an idea introduced in the 1730s.
DimensionsHead diameter:
7448a: 456 mm
7448b: 457 mm
7448a: 456 mm
7448b: 457 mm
ProvenanceBy 1980, owned by Henry Potter & Co., London, England. Sold as part of a group of military drums to a private owner, England. By 2000, purchased by Tony Bingham, London, England, who sold them to the National Music Museum.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 2000
On view
Published ReferencesDobney, Jayson. “Historic Timpany at the National Music Museum,” Percussion Notes 12, April 2007.
Klaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 246–47, 271.
Klaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 246–47, 271.
Object number: 07448