U.S. Regulation Snare Drum
date: label: date made
content: ca 1883
name: label: maker
content: Rudolph Wurlitzer & Bros.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This snare drum was made by Rudolf Wurlitzer and Bros. in Cincinnati, Ohio, about 1883. It has a wood shell with a painted shield with red and white stripes, and the letters “U. S.” The hoops are stained black and are held together by 8 metal tension rods. The drum has a gut snare and skin heads. The printed label inside the shell reads:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Rudolph Wurlitzer & Bros.<br>MANUFACTURERS OF<br>Drums and Band Instruments<br>OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AND STYLE<br>No 115 MAIN STREET<br>Send for catalogue<br>Cincinnati, O.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This drum features specifications of military snare drums adopted on July 9, 1886. It was transferred to the Smithsonian in 1884, and possibly may be an early prototype made by Wurlitzer as it lacks any date of contract information required by the Quartermaster General specifications.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Music & Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Percussion
label: See more items in
content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from the War Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.093194
label: accession number
content: 14682
label: catalog number
content: 093194
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 19 in x 19 in; 27.94 cm x 48.26 cm x 48.26 cm