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Snare drum

Date1860 ca.
Place MadeUnited States, North America
Serial No.8
SignedPartial label inside shell: Now [...] / J. & [...] / No. 8 [...] / Have just [...] / direct from the [...] / a complete as [..] / every descrip[tion] [...] / Retail, as che [...] States.
MarkingsHandwritten on label: 1858
DescriptionMaple shell with ash rims, each with ten drilled holes through which the rope passed. Rope tension with nine leather tugs (one missing).
DimensionsShell height (with rims): 152 mm (6 in)
Head diameter: 411 mm (16-1/8 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesJayson Dobney, Innovations in American Snare Drums 1850-1920, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2003, pp. 118-119.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03030
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