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31-inch gong drum.
Technical description: Single headed bass drum; oak shell with two reinforced holes though the shell (diameter 10) with raised bosses of diameter 30. A reinforcing strip of plywood is screwed into the inside of the shell. Ten rod tensioners with hooked ends and brass wing nut tensioner screws; metal hooks fit over the wooden counter-hoop, against which the tension wing-nuts act; calf head. Repair History: Holes drilled through counter-hoop in several places; a piece of tinplate has been nailed over the counter-hoop in one tensioner position, possibly to effect a repair. Three detachable legs for horizontal use a later addition.
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Circa 1925 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Great Britain - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.211.1-92 Individual single-skin cylindrical drums with membrane lapped onto a hoop
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.211.1-92 Individual single-skin cylindrical drums with membrane lapped onto a hoop
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18087