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Bass drum

Date1864-1869 ca.
Place MadeAlbany, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedPrinted label: WILLIAM KILBOURN; / (SUCCESSOR TO GEORGE KILBOURN,) / MANUFACTURER OF / BASS AND SNARE DRUMS / TAMBOURINES, BANJOS, TOY DRUMS Εc. / ALSO MANUFACTURERS OF THE / PATENT GUITAR BANJO / No. 7 CLINTON AVENUE / ALBANY, N. Y.
MarkingsPrinted on interior label, partially viewable: REPAIRED BY / Haynes Drum Shop / 86 Riley Street / Buffalo, NY
Written on ripped drum head, in pencil: A. D. C.
DescriptionAsh shell and rims, painted red. Rope tension with 12 leather tugs. Brass tack design reinforces glued shell overlap. Design consists of two circles around the vent hole and three lines parallel to the seam, the middle line intersecting the center of the circle.
DimensionsDiameter: 715 mm
Shell height: 440 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Estate, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1988.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Estate, 1988
Object number04575
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