Walberg & Auge Snare Drum
date: label: date made
content: 1903-1910
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This snare drum was made by Walberg & Auge in Worcester, Massachusetts, around 1903-1910. It has a stained wood shell and skin heads. The hoops are made of wood and have 14 sets of metal hooks for rope which is laced through leather ears, used to tighten the hoops. The drum has a metal screw device to activate the gut snares.
label: Description (Brief)
content: There is a cast metal plate on the top hoop that is marked:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>WALBERG & AUGE<br>W AND A<br>WORCESTER, MASS. USA</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: Massachusetts, Worcester
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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: 1984.0335.03
label: accession number
content: 1984.0335
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0335.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)