Snare Drum
date: label: Date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This snare drum was manufactured for the firm of J. Howard Foote in New York, from 1878-1882. It has a brass shell, two inlaid wood hoops, two skin heads, and a gut snare. The tensioning mechanism is missing. The top hoop features a brass medallion inscribed with the J. Howard Foote logo.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>J. Howard Foote (1833-1896) originally trained as a clockmaker and machine worker, began his employment at the firm of Rohé & Leavitt at No. 31 Maiden Lane in New York around 1853 and acquired the company after Rohé and Leavitt retired in 1863. Foote established a branch store in Chicago in 1868, remaining in business until his death in 1896. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a Prussian model Tenor or Snare drum (#7039), for $11.00.</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: Percussion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055729
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55729
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (shell material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (hoops material)
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content: cord (lacing material)
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content: rawhide (cords material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 in x 19 in x 19 in; 33.02 cm x 48.26 cm x 48.26 cm