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Military side drum
This instrument was used by the Saffron Walden cadet corps. It is a military side drum with a plain brass shell, wooden counterhoops, 15-inch skin heads, and rope-tensioned with metal hooks and wing-nut rods (six in total). There is a J-hook screw style snare strainer made of iron alloy (snares missing), and a metal leg rest attached to the snare counterhoop.
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1848–70 - Maker:
Roger J. Ward [Corporation] - Collection:
Saffron Walden Museum - Inventory number:
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Liverpool (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.212.11 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, one skin used for playing
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- Decorative elements:Counterhoops with standard wavy-line pattern in Royal tri-colour (blue, red and white).
- Inscriptions:Stamped on shell: WARD / MAKER / LIVERPOOL|Inscribed on metal shell: PRESENTED BY / JOSEPH MAYER F.S.A. / CAPTAIN COMMANDANT OF THE LIVERPOOL BOROUGH GUARDS / (66TH LANCASHIRE RIFFLE VOLUNTEERS) / TO / JOSEPH CLARKE F.S.A. / (AS THEIR CAPTAIN) / AND THE CADET CORPS OF / SAFFRON WALDEN VOLUNTEERS.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.212.11 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums, one skin used for playing
- Repository:Saffron Walden Museum
- Measurements:Height: 255mm; Diameter: 400mm