Drum, snare
- Object Name:
- Drum, snare
- Date:
- circa1860
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Leather
Hide - Dimensions:
- H-39 L-9 Cir-90 inches
- Description:
- Snare Drum made of wood, goat skin, 3-strand hemp rope, leather tensioning "ears" and gut snares with metal thumbscrew tightener.. Wood is two shades of brown wood and perhaps two different woods. Bottom head is split, but top is intact.
- Provenance:
- Civil War drum used by Lorenzo D. Bean of Company C,18th Regiment, NH Volunteers. 1st Division, 3rd Brigade, 9th Army Corps. Fort Steadman, 1864. (this is written on the bottom drum head).
Lorenzo Bean (1843-1918) was a shopkeeper in Sandwich when he enlisted in the 18th Regiment as a musician in September,1864. - Subjects:
- Army, Band, Civil war, Drum, Military band, Military life, Music, Music ensemble, Musical instrument, Musician, Percussion instrument, War
- People:
- Bean, Lorenzo D.
- Collection Name:
- Military Collection
- Item Number:
- 1998.0006.0001A
- Accession Number:
- 1998.0006
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the Sandwich Historical Society
- Participating Organization:
- Sandwich Historical Society
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