Timpani, set of two (2)
Date1785-1815 ca.
Place MadePrussia, Europe
Place MadeBavaria, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionCopper with iron fittings. Internal funnel (or schalltrichter). Attached stand.
DimensionsHead diameter (3594a): 630-640 mm
Head diameter (3594b): 610-620 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Bernhard von Hünerbein, Cologne, Germany.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848, With essay by John Koster. Exhibition catalog, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Septemer 12-November 2, 2003. Vermillion: National Music Museum 2003. pages 13 and 62.
André P. Larson, Beethoven: Musical Treasures from The Age of Revolution and Romance. With essays by John Eliot Gardner, William Meredith, and Gerhard Stradner. Exhibition catalog, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California, January 30-March 21, 1999. Santa Ana: The Bowers Museum, 1999. Page 17.
Jayson Dobney, “Historic Timpani at the National Music Museum,” Percussive Notes Vol. 45, No. 2 (April 2007), pp. 12-17.
Ben Harms, "The World of Historical Timpani," Early Music America 14, No. 1
(Summer 2008), p. 36.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1985
Object number03594
On View
Not on view
1700 ca.
1890 ca.
1885-1899 ca.
