Timpani, set of two (2)
Date1890 ca.
Place MadeFrance, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnoneDescriptionThe 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.
Dimensions1266a:
Diameter: 600 mm
Depth: 325 mm
1266b:
Diameter: 650 mm
Depth: 380 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01266
On View
On view
1900 ca.
1900-1925 ca.
