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Bass drum.
Technical description: Wooden shell, lap joined at top with 'wavy' pattern of tacks and oval carrying harness ring; wooden counter-hoops; skin heads; rope tensioning with leather buffs. 24-inch heads. Repair History: Tensioning ropes, buffs and heads replacements of 1988; counter-hoop rim damage in places repaired with inserted wood, 1988.
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Probably early 19th century - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Great Britain - 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/15619