Blanchard Snare Drum
date: label: date made
content: 1835-1865
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This snare drum was made by Charles P. Blanchard in Concord, New Hampshire, around 1835-1865. It has a reddish-brown stained hoop nailed together with brass tacks, with skin heads. The wood hoops are made of dark-stained wood with a band of lighter wood in the center. There are 10 sets of metal hooks with rope laced through leather ears, used to tighten the hoops. The drum has gut snares. There is a printed label inside the shell:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>DRUMS! DRUMS!<br>Of Every Description, Manufactured and Sold by<br>CHARLES P. BLANCHARD,<br>Successor to PORTER BLANCHARD, N.H.<br>Drum Sticks, Heads, Cords, Snares, Snare Strainers, Ears<br>Of every Description.<br>Drums Repaired at Short Notice</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Porter George Blanchard was born in Milford, New Hampshire in 1788. He was a cabinet maker who also did silver work in a shop on Main Street in Concord, New Hampshire.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Hampshire, Concord
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.76.33
label: accession number
content: 1977.0294
label: catalog number
content: 76.33
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rope (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 20 in x 20 in; 35.56 cm x 50.8 cm x 50.8 cm