Brown Snare Drum
date: label: date made
content: 1815
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This snare drum was made by Benjamin, Eli and Moses Brown in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1815. It has a brown-stained wood shell with ornamental brass tacks on the sound hole side, and two skin heads. There are top hoop is painted red and the bottom hoop is stained brown. The hoops are drilled with 10 holes each for rope which is laced through leather ears (most missing), used to tighten the hoops.
label: Description
content: There is a printed label inside the shell that is inscribed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>B.E. & M. BROWN<br>DRUM MANUFACTURERS,<br>HAVE CONSTANTLY FOR SALE<br>BASS AND COMMON<br>DRUMS<br>MADE IN THE NEATEST AND<br>BEST MANNER<br>Windsor (Conn) 1815</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Windsor
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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
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0399.0026
label: accession number
content: 1980.0399
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0399.0026
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)