Snare drum
Maker
Harmony Company
Distributor
D. S. Johnston Company
Date1910 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedPaper label inside drum: HARMONY DRUM / PATENTED JUNE 27TH 1905 / NOV 14 1908 / SOLD BY (handwritten) D. S. Johnston Co.Markingsnone
DescriptionMahogany shell with painted rims. Inlaid eight-pointed star around the vent hole.
DimensionsShell height (with rims): 260 mm (10-1/4 in)
Head diameter: 444 mm (17-1/2 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. 154-155.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03027
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