Snare drum
Maker
Lyon & Healy
Date1886-1893 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No.None
SignedNoneDescriptionThis snare drum was likely built for Chicago's Columbian Exposition. Its figured maple shell and rims are ornately inlaid throughout. The 1893 fair might have been the most musical of all the world’s fairs. The program was packed with concerts and recitals, including many world premieres and early performances by John Philip Sousa’s concert band. Lyon & Healy was among the many American instrument manufacturers represented. The company filled a two-story pavilion with its wares, including this intricately inlaid drum. A reporter raved that the “graceful design and elaborate decoration” of Lyon & Healy’s exhibit “surpassed all other efforts in the history of music in connection with the great Expositions.”Rope tension with 10 leather tugs. Later military strainer by Ludwig & Ludwig with 12 gut snares. Calfskin heads.DimensionsShell Height (with rims): 243 mm (9-9/16 in)
Head Diameter: 410 mm (16-1/4 in)ProvenanceNo known provenance.Published ReferencesJayson Dobney, Innovations in American Snare Drums 1850-1920, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2003, pp. 127-129.
Credit LineWilliam F. Ludwig II Collection, 2002
Object number10142
On View
On view
1917-1919 ca.
