Snare drum
Alternate name(s)
- Side drum
Maker
Christen Fjerestad
Date1793
Place MadeLeikanger, Norway, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedSigned: Aar 1793 er denne Trumbe Jort Christen Fjerestad
Translation by Mats Krouthen, Ringve Museum, Trondheim: This drum was made in 1793 by Christen FjerestadMarkingsNumerals on the inside of each stave of the drum 1 - 22DescriptionWood shell (Scots pine) and rims, painted red. Rims each with nine drilled holes through which the rope passes. Rope tension with five extant leather tugs. Metal screw strainer.DimensionsShell height (with rims): approximately 362 mm (14-1/8 in)
Head diameter: approximately 404 mm (15-15/16 in)
ProvenancePurchased in 2004 from Warren J. Kooiker, Madison, South Dakota. Owned for generations by the Fjerestad family and, likely, brought to South Dakota in the late 1880s or early 1890s by Andrew Pedersson Fjerestad. Sold at an estate sale about 2000.
Published ReferencesJayson Dobney, “18th Century Norwegian Drum by Christen Fjerestad Discovered”, National Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. 31, No. 4 (November 2004), pp 1-3.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 2004
Object number10632
On View
Not on view
1750 ca.
1860 ca.
