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Bass drum.
Technical description: Military model bass drum. Lapped wooden shell with joint at top of drum reinforced by rivetted strip carrying the suspension eye for player's harness. Rope-tensioned at 12 points. 26-inch heads. Repair History: There is evidence of repaired damage to shell of drum.
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Circa 1808 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Possibly Scotland - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.212.11-92 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, one skin used for playing with membrane lapped onto a hoop
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.212.11-92 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, one skin used for playing with membrane lapped onto a hoop
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16462