Duplex Snare Drum
date: label: date made
content: 1897-1910
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This snare drum was made by Duplex Manufacturing Co. in St. Louis, Missouri, around 1897-1910. It has a stained wood shell with skin heads. The hoops are made of wood and have 20 sets of tensioning rods attached with screws on the inside of the hoops. The drum has a metal screw device to active the gut snares. There is a cast metal label on the top hoop that is inscribed:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>DUPLEX DRUM<br>MADE BY<br>THE DUPLEX<br>MFG. CO.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>(and a metal badge around the vent hole that is cast):</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>DUPLEX<br>PAT. 83-87-97</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>There are three United States patents associated with this drum:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>U.S. Patent #274900 – “New and Improved Tension-Rod for Drum Heads,” Emile Boulanger, April 3, 1883</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>U.S. Patent #371415 – “Drum,” Emile Boulanger, October 11, 1887</p>
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content: <p>U.S. Patent #578198 – “Drum Construction,” Emile Boulanger, March 2, 1897</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This drum was used by William T. Armstrong (1879-1965), orchestra leader and musician in vaudeville and silent film theaters. Armstrong grew up in South River, New Jersey and began playing drums at the age of 14. He continued his musical career through the mid-1910s, after which, Armstrong began work in banking and finance. This artifact is part of a collection of drums, sound effect instruments, and other percussion instruments used by Armstrong.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Percussion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Pamela A. Carlin and Evelyn A. Mark in memory of William T. Armstrong
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0335.04
label: accession number
content: 1984.0335
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0335.04
label: patent number
content: 274900
label: patent number
content: 371415
label: patent number
content: 578198
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 16 1/8 in; 12.7 cm x 40.9575 cm