Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-12-16
The NOISY DRUM.
WAR TO Town Where rhcu-snss Of These
Fearful instr"menes are Made.

W ioWn "hcrc Thousands OF These
Fearful instromenes are Made.
he casual visitor would never su,
pect that the quiet rural village OF
granville. Mass. sends out into tho
world thousands of no se-makiny in
strumcnts. cheap. It Is true, but non,
inc less welcome to the AVERAGE bow.
ms place can practically be called the
center and heart of the drum-mak ng
business Ii turned out POI. coo last
year. il was in 1854 that the idea of
engag ne IN the drum-makiny business
hrst suggested itself to a Mr.. Cooley.
lie had been to Pittsficld. where rela-
I'VE oil his, Samuel Cooley. was making
lew drums i'm an old barn. Disguised
win the business. Samuel Cooley was
about To throw II up; he offered il TO his
nephew. John. with the remark that
there was doubtless money in IL. Re-
turning to Granville. j. z Cooley
broa he'd the sub Get To his friend Noble.
whom he found ready listener. They
went TO work. made drum.
which is st II cherished Mt the old shop.
took il to Boston, showed Il. re-
&c ed orders, and coming bacS inves,e
S4.5o in material, and thus started
probably the biggest concern OF its Kind
in the world. The first wear, 1854. they
built tie she'd and altogether turned
out lou drum, ma MY of one pattern.
Year by year thi business increased,
their quarter, had TO bc enlarged. their
hep multiplied. and to-day 1925 IN n
and women are kent busy turning out
daily about l.2 q drums
Within the last four years business
has greatly devc oped. Tho old-r,.h H.
lionel drum with wo, den barrel. who
was formerly the only kni in the
market. is bong rapidly supplantcd by
the neater and ghtcr model with tin
barr l. For the manufacture of the
later tin of various colurs Is employed.
blue and red preiominating, though the
larger quantities are made of n brass
initial on. This tin comes in sheets of
two sizes, 14N20 inches and 2Ox2s. the
sheets being packed in cases hold ng
liz. These sheets are first sent To Q
knife, which cuts them INTO various
lengths, from which drums vary
ing from six and one half inches
across the head TO thirteen inches arc
made. This done the strips are each
punched with hole. then secured and
frightened together. Hoops are placed
on the inside rims and the barrel is
then ready to receive the sound ng SIX n.
This is general va sheep SIX n. VIII CHI
~ stretched tightly Rcros, the head
above and below from the outs de by
hoops. These skins are cnt To the fac
tory all ready for u from Engla d. IL
SEEMS with all their notions and multi
pick ideas even mag native Yankees
have not en- able To prepare success
fully such skins from American sheen.
Consequently all are imported from
Live pool. They come In no :, head,
holding from 80 g 40 dozen. and cost
from $40 to -. 80 per dozen. Noble
d Cooley expended Tor kins alone last
year 5000. using mainly the higher
p iced nd. Previous to using tho
skins they are stretched and dried by
st am n The W nter and the sun In sum
mer. Before be ng st etched over The
d um bai rels they are once more moist
eneI, z morally in so ution of pure
water or water slightly tinctured with
ammonia. Then remains the tighten
ing OF the drum hoop. Ths il done
Their by strings or rods The first
diagonally, leather tighteners being in
serted 10 stiflen the sound skins. The
rods are hooked on one end and screwed
NJ the other. OF this latter k nd the
consumpt on is over six tines that of
the old-fashioned The wooden drums
differ but slightly from the above. The
barrels In this case are generally bass
or white wood, occasionally oak. The
stay hoops are OF oak or beech. Before
the strip of wood can be used Il need, to
undergo many processes. among others
be ng bend Dg, planning and sweating.
The first drums made usel TO be DO led
in open tanks and the limit that could
thus be prepared daily was less than
fifty. The introduction Of machinery
and more perfect methods has increased
the daily product on. so that 1000 drum
pieces IS considered moth ng more than
one man fair days work.
IL is interesting to wat h the confirm
Gus process by which Iog. roughly
hewn from the forest. il transferred TO
"A drum barrel. The machines VIII ch
affect this TRANSFORMED on are various
The most impoi tant is that which does
the 81 cling. The log. no matter how
thick, is placed between the tee h Of this
huge machine. usually he ng reduced to
three feet N leng h. and the slcing be-
gins. The KIN e. receives 1t. and rs the
log revolves the p zee slic Il = received
on wooden cylinder and then rolled up.
Seyenty-iive thicknesses make one inch
OF the Jog. IL, then. the log is three
feet through, one revolution will yield
piece nine feet long. and the total
length sliced from the log would extend
over n mile. Cutting mach mes further
redIc this huge sheet TO the DIES red
length. A core of six inches thickness
is left, which taken out of the Jaws
and split into drum-st;cks or ten-pins
The veneers are heated. then bent and
are soon ready TO he shaped ms a drum
There are also plan ny and yand-paper
mach mes. all run by water power. The
strips are put through the bender from
three TO six at n time. The sticks are
smoothed by rolling in reyoly ng bar
rels. the process being continued for
three or four hours. This about com
plctes the manufacture OF drums. each
part be ng distributed among one hun
dred and twenty-five workers in the
factory. - Springfield (MaSs.) Cor. De
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