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Snare drum

Date: 1890-1910 ca.
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Model: Prussian Drum model
Serial No: none
Signednone
MarkingsPainted 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.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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.
Object number: 02876