Snare drum

Distributor Carl Fischer

Date1920 ca.

Place DistributedNew York, New York, United States, North America

Serial No.none

SignedSquare, white badge nailed to batter rim, stamped: CARL FISCHER / COOPER SQUARE, NEW YORK. / BOSTON - PHILADELPHIA - CHICAGO.
MarkingsHandwritten inside shell: 10
Handwritten on underside of batter head: Put on 4/29/28 / By Aaron L. Roberts
DescriptionMahogany shell with eagle decoration. Maple rims with scroll decoration, each with ten metal hooks through which the rope passes. Rope tension. Thumb-rod screw snare adjuster.
DimensionsShell height (with rims): 310 mm (12-1/4 in)
Head diameter: 415 mm (16-5/8 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. 184-186.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number02979

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