Custom Mapex bass drum owned by Will Calhoun
date: label: Date
content: 2005
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Mapex, Taiwanese, founded 1989
label: Manufactured by
content: Remo, Inc., American, founded 1957
label: Used by
content: Will Calhoun, American, born 1964
label: Subject of
content: Living Colour, American, founded 1984
notes: label: Description
content: A custom made Mapex Orion bass drum played by Will Calhoun in performances with the band Living Colour. The shell is highly polished silver colored metal with an overlay of etched steel featuring bands of Egyptian art designs of human figures in profile and hieroglyphs. The drum has a black plastic rim and gold-plated hardware for the drum heads. The drum has two foldable, adjustable metal stands with rubber soles and a mount on the top side to hold the tom drum assembly. Just in front of the mount is an engraved silver plaque reading [MAPEX / Orion Series / MADE IN CHINA / 002864]. The front head is a clear plastic Remo Powerstroke 3 drumhead with the logo in black pigment and two white Remo kick pads adhered to it. The back head is a black tinted Mapex drum head with the logo in white lettering and an enforced circular hole to the right.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Rock and roll (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Will Calhoun
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.14.1
objectType: label: Type
content: bass drums
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, thermoplastic polyester, rubber
label: Dimensions
content: 29 × 30 × 22 in. (73.7 × 76.2 × 55.9 cm)