Snare drum
Date1890-1910 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelPrussian Drum model
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsPainted Eagle and shield
DescriptionRosewood shell with eagle decal. Ash rims with painted scroll pattern. Single tension with eight metal rods. Snare adjuster.
DimensionsShell height (with rims): 201 mm (1-15/16 in)
Head diameter: 424 mm (16-5/8 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published References"New Gallery Opens October 10; Dedication Set for October 9," Shrine to Music
Museum Newsletter 9, No. 1 (October, 1981), p.1.
"Gallery I Dedicated October 9," Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 9, No. 2 (January 1982), p.4.
The Shrine to Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: 1988), p. 58.
Jayson Dobney, Innovations in American Snare Drums 1850-1920, MM Thesis,
University of South Dakota, 2003, pp. 131-133.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02876
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