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Timpani, set of two (2)
Date: 1890 ca.
Place Made:France, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionThe bowls appear to be made of one piece of brass, hammered into shape. Each drum has seven iron t-handles, which is slightly unusual on drums of this size (normally the smaller drum would only have six t-handles). The t-handles are mounted to a counter hoop which pulls down the flesh hoop tuning the head. The rods are received by nuts mounted in decorative plates mounted to the shell.
Iron tripod stands.
Iron tripod stands.
Dimensions1266a:
Diameter: 600 mm
Depth: 325 mm
1266b:
Diameter: 650 mm
Depth: 380 mm
Diameter: 600 mm
Depth: 325 mm
1266b:
Diameter: 650 mm
Depth: 380 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
On view
Published ReferencesEdmund A. Bowles, The Timpani: A History in Pictures and Documents (Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 2002), 278.
Jayson Dobney, “Historic Timpani at the National Music Museum,” Percussive Notes Vol. 45, No. 2 (April 2007), pp. 12-17.
Jayson Dobney, “Historic Timpani at the National Music Museum,” Percussive Notes Vol. 45, No. 2 (April 2007), pp. 12-17.
Object number: 01266