Snare drum
Distributor
J. W. Jenkins Sons Music Company
Date1920 ca.
Place DistributedKansas City, Missouri, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedPaper label adhered inside drum, partially damaged: [TH]IS DRUM / [W]as Built Especially for / [J]ENKINS' SONS MUSIC COMPANY/ [Gr]eat Band Instrument House / Kansas City, MissouriMarkingsnone
DescriptionNickel-plated brass shell. Wood rims, painted gray. Probably rod tension.
DimensionsShell height (without rims): 149 mm (5-7/8 in)
Head diameter: 381 mm (15 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. 198-199.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02984
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