Firth, Pond & Co. Snare Drum
date: label: date made
content: 1847 - 1864
name: label: maker
content: Firth, Pond & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This snare drum was made by Firth, Pond & Co. in New York, around 1847-1864. It has a light brown shell, two red-painted hoops, two skin heads, 10 metal hooks laced with rope through leather ears used to tighten the hoops, and a gut snare. The paper label inside the shell is inscribed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[FIRTH] POND & CO.,<br>[ ]ers, Manufacturers and Dealers in<br>[Instru]ments, Publishers of Music<br>&c. &c.<br>[B]ROADWAY, NEW Y[ORK]</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Percussion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Florence A. Weiland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.069391
label: catalog number
content: 69391
label: accession number
content: 266008
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 in x 22 in x 22 in; 43.18 cm x 55.88 cm x 55.88 cm