Snare drum
Maker
Lyon & Healy
Date1911-1915 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelMonarch No. N56
Serial No.none
SignedPaper label inside drum: Lyon and Healy / Factories, Healy Station / Warerooms, Wabash Ave. and Adams St. / CHICAGO.Markingsnone
DescriptionMaple shell and rims, each with twelve metal roller hooks through which the rope passes. Twelve leather tugs. Long screw snare strainer.
DimensionsShell height (with rims): 310 mm (12 in)
Head diameter: 451 mm (17-3/4 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. 159-161.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03000
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1750 ca.