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Snare drum
Date: 1905 ca.
Place Made:United States, North America
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DescriptionBird's eye maple shell with maple rims, painted black.
This lightweight snare drum features a single drumhead with snares mounted underneath. Snare adjuster mounted upside down inside the drum with screw protruding through the shell to adjust the snares. The design allowed for easy packing and transporting from one job to another.
This lightweight snare drum features a single drumhead with snares mounted underneath. Snare adjuster mounted upside down inside the drum with screw protruding through the shell to adjust the snares. The design allowed for easy packing and transporting from one job to another.
DimensionsShell height (with rims): 87 mm (3-1/2 in)
Head diameter: 369 mm (14-1/2 in)
Head diameter: 369 mm (14-1/2 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesJayson Dobney, Innovations in American Snare Drums 1850-1920, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2003, pp. 145-146,
Object number: 00706