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Side drum

Date1750 ca.
Place MadeSwitzerland, Europe
Serial No.none
Signednone
MarkingsRestorer's inscription in chalk on interior: Renoviert per / H Rieder Dambour / A[o] 1804

Four widely spaced illegible or erased letters follow "1804". The abbreviation after the "A" (i.e., "Anno") is covered by a later small wooden reinforcement glued over a weak section of the shell.
DescriptionWalnut shell and rims, each with eight drilled holes through which the rope passes. Rope tension with eight leather tugs. Brass J-hook snare adjuster.
DimensionsShell height (with rims): 335-347 mm (ca. 14")
Head diameter: 350-360 mm (ca. 14-1/2")

ProvenancePurchased in 1999 from R. & A. Bruderlin, Ontario, Canada, and Sarasota, Florida.
Published ReferencesJayson Dobney, Innovations in American Snare Drums 1850-1920, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2003, pp. 84-85.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1999
Object number07405
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