Eisele Bass Drum
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1900
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This bass drum was made by Henry Eisele in New York, New York, around 1890-1900. It has a dark-stained wood shell with a painted eagle below the vent hole. There are two painted wood hoops with 12 metal tensioning rods, and skin heads. There is a printed label inside the shell that is inscribed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>HENRY EISELE<br>SUCCESSOR TO WILLIAM SEMPF<br>MANUFACTUROR OF BASS AND SNARE DRUMS<br>209 & 211 GRAND STREET, NEW YORK<br>N.B. Drum heads, sticks, cords and etc. Constantly on hand.</p>
label: Description
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: New York, New York City
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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: 1984.0335.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0335
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0335.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)