tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024605028533998072024-03-12T19:51:50.855-04:00Field Drums (a/k/a Field of Drums)“Build it and they will drum.” Dedicated to research, study and comparisons of field drums. Our purpose is to collect information about historical U.S. drums (manufacture, preservation, conservancy, repair, market) for use by scholars, collectors and others. Photographs of drums, and anything related, together with informative narratives, are welcome. Interested readers will find archived postings a good resource. Reach us at emirsky@gmail.com.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger830125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702460502853399807.post-41227901917856947552020-10-29T07:06:00.018-04:002020-10-29T07:48:09.041-04:00P.R. Winn, Drummaker<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosELfEdyhetGSQp6wIuMOhrrWNU1fKoI-ouy_C6mmDtwSrlAMoqyMYDrPlKbvpQIpqIL_YkkEiulkCCqlA4h-F8sQSrbfP9sN3ycHBCPoMjbN_r4_FxEIgkVQy9y2PZ4YvJiOoZuMd44/s800/IMG_3689_cropped.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosELfEdyhetGSQp6wIuMOhrrWNU1fKoI-ouy_C6mmDtwSrlAMoqyMYDrPlKbvpQIpqIL_YkkEiulkCCqlA4h-F8sQSrbfP9sN3ycHBCPoMjbN_r4_FxEIgkVQy9y2PZ4YvJiOoZuMd44/s320/IMG_3689_cropped.jpg"/></a></div>
An article by W. Lee Vinson, author and publisher of <a href="http://www.BostonDrumBuilders.com" target="_blank">BostonDrumBuilders.com</a> and <a href="http://blog.BostonDrumBuilders.com" target="_blank">blog.BostonDrumBuilders.com</a>.
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For Lee's story about this drum and its maker, see <a href="http://blog.bostondrumbuilders.com/2020/05/p-r-winn-drummaker.html" target="_blank">http://blog.bostondrumbuilders.com/2020/05/p-r-winn-drummaker.html</a>.
</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702460502853399807.post-80271508938583315222020-09-14T06:10:00.005-04:002020-09-14T06:54:29.408-04:001826 (?) Brown Drum #1499 Elaborately Painted Sold for $2,600<div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: black;"><u><b>Summary</b></u>: A reader selling a Brown drum wrote for information. There followed some lively discussion on FB and correspondence with this blog's editor (below). Ultimately, this drum was sold on eBay for $2,605.88 (after 5 bids) under the title:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="text-align: left;"><h1 class="it-ttl" id="itemTitle" itemprop="name" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">RARE FIND</span></h1><h1 class="it-ttl" id="itemTitle" itemprop="name" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1826 Eli Brown Civil War Era Painted 34 Star Drum Wintonbury CT</span></h1><h1 class="it-ttl" id="itemTitle" itemprop="name"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXHA1a5KphzZXG84rGJQPyh-zBy31mzCcZrtBPUIe6FIAkHqeLbqz-BFD6AZq7LIdYP9O4wKS5ODyoBPllar-lvR3o9vYPJlEk-wO4OOpEvEyTk0ru7e112KCdPR-eMUHqYcgQBc9aE4/s960/brown+drum+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXHA1a5KphzZXG84rGJQPyh-zBy31mzCcZrtBPUIe6FIAkHqeLbqz-BFD6AZq7LIdYP9O4wKS5ODyoBPllar-lvR3o9vYPJlEk-wO4OOpEvEyTk0ru7e112KCdPR-eMUHqYcgQBc9aE4/s320/brown+drum+1.jpg" /></a></div></h1><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><u><b>FIRST THE HYPE:</b></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><b> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><u><b>Information on eBay</b></u>: <i>This is a FANTASTIC and authentic Eli Brown drum....#1499. It's been authenticated by two different sources who are pros when it comes to Brown Drums and they found it to be genuine and made in 1826. The paint job with 34 stars was most likely added during the Civil War (1861-1863). I was told one of the rims is put on upside down and that's probably because when I found it someone had turned it into a side table with glass on top. <br /><br />You can read about the history of Brown drums if you Google Bloomsfield History Museum or Eli Brown Drums.<br /><br />The drum measures 16" in height x 18" in diameter. <br /><br />The condition is pretty great considering its age. The wood is in fantastic condition with no cracks, splits, chips or damage. There is one tiny skim chip along the rim (see closeup) but that's it! The leather slides have dried out and the reverse skin has been damaged over the years (also see closeup). As you can see it's really in outstanding condition.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br /><u>On Jul-30-20 at 10:10:52 PDT, seller added the following information</u>:<br /><br />Please note: There are other drum enthusiasts who have messaged me that believe this drum may be a replica from the late 1800's with the Brown label added. There are others who believe it's all original from 1826. Some believe it may have been modified when it was painted...who knows for sure? It appears no one can come to a concrete conclusion other than it's a fantastic drum from the 1800's and it could or could not be an authentic Eli Brown. It's being sold "as found" and in the condition stated.</i><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><b><u>CORRESPONDENCE WITH BLOG EDITOR</u></b>: A reader wrote with the following photos: </span><br /><p><u>July 21, 2020, from Becky Elliott</u>: I spoke with Ralph Schmoll
who is a patron with the CT historical society and based on his research
he believes this to be an authentic Eli Brown drum. I was hoping
perhaps you would know of someone other than the historical society or
the Fife and Drum Society that would be interested in purchasing it? I
own an estate sale company in Buffalo, NY and this was found in the
treasures of their collections while getting ready for a sale. I was
going to list it on eBay but decided to check with those in the know for
interest before I posted it for sale [<a href="https://www.facebook.com/becky.elliott.165/posts/10157664952653022">https://www.facebook.com/becky.elliott.165/posts/10157664952653022</a>]. Thanks for any interest you
may have. <br /><br />Becky Elliott<br />Buffalo Nickel Estate Sales - Buffalo, NY</p><p>-----</p><span style="color: black;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpPQ58fIfMao2mIMY7fMYVmBUpHniDRpoV0yALcHrYf2P0XADE8lnyQAlv2wkbAc78my9SWs1BhR3P6toCb-NxshpsUmpwMGuqL28uHGPQiKupUSDyhZllVm8pf9cSd1_PdyKsLkS5oU/s320/brown+drum+1.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><u>July 22, 2020, from Ellis Mirsky</u>: Dear Becky, The drum is quite a find. I'd like to speak with you about what I see in the photos and what your plan is with respect to the drum. I'd like to do some of the research concerning the painted emblazonment which could lead us to learning more about the drum's history.<br /></p><p><br />Whether the emblazonment was applied pre- or post assembly could help us date the emblazonment. Close inspection of each tack at the drum shell might reveal the answer.<br /><br />The tack pattern matches signature Brown tack patterns. Note the greater number (18) of more closely spaced tacks on the leading (left) edge of the overlapping shell than on the trailing (right) portion (13).<br /><br />The apparently bone grommet is consistent with Brown drums.<br /><br />Ellis</p><p>-----</p><p><u>July 22, 2020, from Ellis Mirsky</u>: Dear Becky, The 30-Star Flag 39-star<br /><br />The 30-star flag became the official United States flag on July 4th, 1848. It served during 1848-1851. The Brown drum has 30 small stars, 6 stars tucked into each valley between the points of the large star. I think that's consistent with an approximate date ca. 1850 for the emblazonment.<br /><br />Ellis</p><p>-----</p><p><u>July 22, 2020, from Ellis Mirsky</u>: But ... I see 4 more small stars, one in each corner of the emblazonment. A 34-star flag flew from July 4, 1861 to July 3, 1863, squarely within the period of the American Civil War. That's consistent with the drum being made in 1836 (per your description) and painted during the Civil War.<br /><br />Also, see an article "When is a brown Drum a Brown Drum?," published 12 years ago in my blog FieldDrums.com at <a href="https://fielddrums.blogspot.com/2008/07/when-is-brown-drum-brown-drum.html?m=1">https://fielddrums.blogspot.com/2008/07/when-is-brown-drum-brown-drum.html?m=1</a>.<br /><br />(Note Google lost photos from my blog but ultimately replaced all except those in pre-2010 posts. That post was pre-2010, so no photos.)<br /><br />Ellis</p><p>-----</p><p><u>July 22, 2020, from Ellis Mirsky</u>: Dear Becky,<br /><br />Two more observations:<br /><br />1. The snare mechanism is likely "after-market," added after the drum was made.<br /><br />Please send close-up photos of the snare mechanism and the other (butt) end.<br /><br />2. The top counter hoop is on backwards. The metal ring affixed to the hoop (called a military carry) should be on the other side (I.e., the hoop should be rotated 180 degrees) so that when the drum is hooked up and carried, the emblazonment shows outwardly from the front.<br /><br />Ellis</p><p>-----<br /><br /><u>Lively discussion on Facebook about the drum in Fife and Drum Corps Friend’s Group, started by John O'Neill has drawn 57 comments</u>:<br /></p><p>See <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/131326693664150/permalink/1939011106229024">https://www.facebook.com/groups/131326693664150/permalink/1939011106229024</a>.<br /><br />Can we get clear closeup where indicated?<br /> <br /></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurVfY0Qxz8i2g0uYljCG_6of63RoQdNzgu9OCIChgxKFmSR48-V-PXPNZ86lyepF7XGLfn3aT5FA02ghYbMZ1wOX9wrL_btfc2YNUTj0KPH6dgCG3AAGK1iix_A2_AINDCp-cJ5p-7Sk/s320/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurVfY0Qxz8i2g0uYljCG_6of63RoQdNzgu9OCIChgxKFmSR48-V-PXPNZ86lyepF7XGLfn3aT5FA02ghYbMZ1wOX9wrL_btfc2YNUTj0KPH6dgCG3AAGK1iix_A2_AINDCp-cJ5p-7Sk/s0/image.png" /></a><br /></div></div><u>July 22, 2020, from Ellis Mirsky</u>: Was this shell cut down? Looks to be missing a tack on top and bottom.<br /><br />Ellis<br /><br />-----<br /><u>July 28, 2020, from Becky Elliott</u>: The drum is 1826 not 1836...I was able to get a better photo once it was in my hands. It was listed on eBay this evening at the owner's request. Thank you for helping me with identification...much appreciated!<br /><br />Becky<br /> <br />-----<br /> <br /><u>July 30, 2020, from Becky Elliott</u>: [Re whether the drum was cut down.] I can't say as I'm not sure what it would look like originally. I included measurements so perhaps that will tell? <br /><br />Becky<br /><br />-----</div><div> </div><div>Recently<span class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gmql0nx0 gpro0wi8"><span class="pq6dq46d"><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 dco85op0 e9vueds3 j5wam9gi lrazzd5p oo9gr5id" dir="auto">, </span></span></span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gmql0nx0 gpro0wi8" href="https://www.facebook.com/bob.mccarty.96?comment_id=Y29tbWVudDoxMDIyMzQ4MTE0NDM5NjQ4M18xMDIyMzQ4Nzk1NTQwNjc1NA%3D%3D&__cft__[0]=AZUsLFUHNmqRctevIKigDf4rdlijDJ-QDX0ieS1jNgvLt8nB4mtERz1KAuerl_PQ_ttT0JX_gN5fRyYrRtT5zH5zklSflgtd348eL13DESKtzlFUK8LgLteKTUK3ZUU1PN78K9_jlYSLSyv1EVEvb6tZ&__tn__=R]-R]-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="pq6dq46d"><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 dco85op0 e9vueds3 j5wam9gi lrazzd5p oo9gr5id" dir="auto">Bob McCarty wrote:</span></span></a> "It seems to me that the dates just don't vibe."<div class="q9uorilb bvz0fpym c1et5uql sf5mxxl7"><div class="_680y"><div class="_6cuy"><div class="b3i9ofy5 e72ty7fz qlfml3jp inkptoze qmr60zad rq0escxv oo9gr5id q9uorilb kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x d2edcug0 jm1wdb64 l9j0dhe7 l3itjdph qv66sw1b"><div class="tw6a2znq sj5x9vvc d1544ag0 cxgpxx05"><div class="ecm0bbzt e5nlhep0 a8c37x1j"><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j irj2b8pg enqfppq2 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I guess the date of the drum to be from 1813 (the date of another Frederick Lane drum discussed below) or 1821-1837 based on this mention of the Frederick Lane music store in Boston, Massachusetts </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">(https://archive.org/stream/onehundredfiftyy00fish/onehundredfiftyy00fish_djvu.txt)/</span></span></span></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">"<a href="https://archive.org/details/onehundredfiftyy00fish">One
hundred and fifty years of music publishing in the United States; an
historical sketch with special reference to the pioneer publisher,
Oliver Ditson company, inc., 1783-1933</a>" </span></span></span></h1><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"To combine the selling of music with books
was natural, but the curious combination of music and
umbrellas seems peculiar to Boston in the period 1825-
1845. John Ashton, Jr., and John Ashton & Co.
(E. H. Wade) umbrella-makers, from 1 820-1 843 at
18 Marlboro Street and 197 Washington Street, may
have set the fashion of adding music and musical in-
struments to their stock in trade, a step they took in
1825. <u>They were followed by Frederick Lane, the
umbrella-man of Court Street, 1821-1837</u>; Henry
Prentiss who, having been an umbrella-maker from
1825 to 1833 on Court Street, added pianos and music
in 1834 and published music as well until 1845; and
Charles H. Keith, another Court Street umbrella-
maker from 1833, who added music and instruments
to his stock in 1835, in 1840 took in a partner for
two years as Keith & Moore, and as music-dealer and publisher under his own name continued until 1 846,
when the catalog was purchased by Oliver Ditson &
Co. A shorter-lived umbrella and music-store was that
of a former partner of John Ashton, Eben H. Wade,
who, at 197 Washington Street, did some publishing
between 1847 and 1856."<br /></span></div><div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDizcFZYUkP2clAdxgjctaCU8V6K-OIvmOruYVOwRBLijnEs-e1tziHs15n97HbAGLMeDDrNsUMHNrOB3PHzDeAyO8NQ8U7lo6iVSv1oomQeAEOuVG0kGfpTqpKGthoBByTCyX-TI14BM/w512-h384/Frederick+Lane+Drum.jpg" width="512" /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt64Gk4pJJCZ3hR_Renie-cXY-M4d27P-F1Tvm3ytScTGiU1eByWdaXfDGMM4HRZdCZdILVqi6rJU3YPw4TLbUJH3yy3ZcPCi7e2HlaCmD_FMxjtvj59eEdnva_fJv4FcpBImL3UVxKpw/s640/Label+inside+Drum.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt64Gk4pJJCZ3hR_Renie-cXY-M4d27P-F1Tvm3ytScTGiU1eByWdaXfDGMM4HRZdCZdILVqi6rJU3YPw4TLbUJH3yy3ZcPCi7e2HlaCmD_FMxjtvj59eEdnva_fJv4FcpBImL3UVxKpw/w512-h384/Label+inside+Drum.jpg" width="512" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Label reads:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">FOR SALE AT FREDERICK LANE's</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Musical Magazine, </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">No. 92 COURT STREET - BOSTON,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> FOLLOWING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bass Drums; Tenor Drums, Bass Viols; Vio-</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">lins; Clarionets; Flutes; Hauthoys Fife[s]; Bassoons; Bu-</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> [missing;] Trumpets; French [illegible], &c, [illegible] &c [illegible] ...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> gs, reeds - and Instruction Books. [missing] </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> [missing], which we will sell on [missing]<br /> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAzydXDkBVfK-Yjn_QgdOeV1zW-oBOuxHN146FV5g-3FZEtVV2hhxkMltHeJOumPg9A4nspIFVaUyhORNj_Bj_PpXhJslBKuFwmAATSB3GhV7SvQaAtBxJGm-EP2cRKGx0n4KOPnqQk0/s1582/Boston%2527s+Court+Street+Music+Stores+-+Frederick+Lane.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAzydXDkBVfK-Yjn_QgdOeV1zW-oBOuxHN146FV5g-3FZEtVV2hhxkMltHeJOumPg9A4nspIFVaUyhORNj_Bj_PpXhJslBKuFwmAATSB3GhV7SvQaAtBxJGm-EP2cRKGx0n4KOPnqQk0/s640/Boston%2527s+Court+Street+Music+Stores+-+Frederick+Lane.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Music stores on Court St in Boston MA 1855</span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b>Photo Posted by George Lane at </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/14447791750/</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><h3 class="meta-field photo-desc" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Frederick Lane's Music Store was at 92 Court St. (opposite of
the Old Court House) from 1820-44. He had bought out N. H. Henchman's
Music Shop at 79 State St. in April 1813. He manufactured bass drums
for the militia, wind instruments and violins. By the 1830, he also
made umbrellas at his shop on Court St. </span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Source: 1855 Court St Boston BPL 08 02 003376-1 detail2Public Domain</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Author unknown - Boston Public Library, Print Department"</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;">-----</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Other Frederick Lane drums:</span></p><h3 class="space-top-none space-bottom-wide qa-lot-title" id="lotTitle" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lot 637: <span class="italic">PAINTED MILITIA BASS DRUM, FREDERICK LANE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1813-19.</span></span></h3><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="PAINTED MILITIA BASS DRUM, FREDERICK LANE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1813-19." data-photoref="FNK8DHXKU8" data-target="#zoomModal" data-toggle="modal" src="https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/northeast/61/111961/H0016-L03905508.jpg" /> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Painted with a view of Massassoit beneath a raised arm brandishing a
sword, encircled by a red banner inscribed with the state motto "ENSE
PETIT PLACIDEN SUB LIBERTATE QUIETEM (With the Sword We Seek Peace, But
Only Under Liberty), within berried laurel branches, the shell painted
with red and dark-blue stripes edged in mustard, with the original
skins, ropes, hoops and iron strap hook mounted on an iron plate, the
interior bearing a partial paper label inscribed "Frederick Lane Keeps
Constantly For Sale at His Music Store at No. 79 State Street, Boston,
Bassoons with Trumpets, Bird Organs, Tenor Violins...." Height 22 1/2
inches, diameter 24 inches.</span></p><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians</a> <br />October 12, 2006 <br />Portsmouth, NH, US<p><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/painted-militia-bass-drum-frederick-lane-boston-m-637-c-o38i86v39l <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">-----<i><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvAVIdIEpCTCpG3QyYcmTC2cHqrWW40GokDdLhnIwHI7CXCEHirhxzdAuekdulyDeB5Y2AOGnxFzZuWVKo-ljM8GFdZJhMwhyphenhyphen5SH9tMHD3G21wIdJSuN_exayFBbC_PdW1BPMwng4hkXc/s1600/Bass+Drum+with+Mallet.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465989828509812530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvAVIdIEpCTCpG3QyYcmTC2cHqrWW40GokDdLhnIwHI7CXCEHirhxzdAuekdulyDeB5Y2AOGnxFzZuWVKo-ljM8GFdZJhMwhyphenhyphen5SH9tMHD3G21wIdJSuN_exayFBbC_PdW1BPMwng4hkXc/s400/Bass+Drum+with+Mallet.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 317px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Bass drum and mallet 1813–19<br />Frederick Lane, American, 1791–1865<br /><br />Boston, Massachusetts, United States<br />Height 60 cm, diameter 62 cm (Height 23 5/8 in., diameter 24 7/16 in.), Ash<br /><br />Classification: Musical instruments<br /><br />On view in the: Musical Instruments Gallery<br /><br />Ash
(?) shell with painted decoration consisting of an American eagle with
"E Pluribus Unum" on a fluttering banner over a shield. Skin heads held
on by red-painted wood hoops laced with rope and leather tensioners.
Includes old wooden mallet.<br /><br />Museum of Fine Arts, Boston<br /><br />Gift
of the Family of Charles E. Black and Gale L. Perron, including Karen
A. Black, Diane L. (Black) Conners, Emmie Perron Black and Katrina
Perron-Black, 1986<br />Accession number: 1986.937a-b<br /><br />Provenance/Ownership
History: Donated by Charles E. Black of Hingham, Massachusetts. Black
apparently inherited the instrument from his father, Clarence Edgar
Black, originally from Waldoboro, Maine. It was supposedly handed down
through several generations of the family, and is believed to have been
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Musick, Laid Down in the Most Comprehensive Manner. : Together with a
Large Collection of the Most Approved Beats, Marches, Airs, &c.;
Including the Principal Part of the Duties of the Camp, the Evolutions
for the Musicians, and Their Signals; a Great Part of which was Never
Before Published. Designed Principally for the Benefit of the Militia of
the United States</span></span></span></span></span></h1><div class="bookcover"><img alt="Front Cover" border="1" id="summary-frontcover" src="https://books.google.com/googlebooks/images/no_cover_thumb.gif" title="Front Cover" width="128" /></div><div><a class="secondary" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Alvan+Robinson%22"><span dir="ltr">Alvan Robinson</span></a></div><div><span dir="ltr">Glazier
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no. 1, Kennebec-Row; by Frederick Lane, at his music-store, no. 92,
Court-street, Boston; and by the booksellers generally.</span>, 1826 - <a class="secondary" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Drum%22&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0"><span dir="ltr">Drum</span></a> - <span dir="ltr">71 pages</span></div><div><span dir="ltr"><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Massachusetts_Collection_of_Martial_Musi.html?id=o-gHGwAACAAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books/about/Massachusetts_Collection_of_Martial_Musi.html?id=o-gHGwAACAAJ </a><br /></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702460502853399807.post-69135296073337832602020-06-17T06:37:00.005-04:002020-09-21T21:20:22.106-04:00For BSGK Fans - Rare Slingerland Tiger Skin Drum Kit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1" style="font-weight: bold;">1968 Yellow Tiger Pearl jazz set </span><span class="s2">(this finish only available for about one year)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s2"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s2">(</span><a href="http://www.coopersvintagedrums.com/newslinghistory.htm" style="text-align: center;">http://www.coopersvintagedrums.com/newslinghistory.htm</a>)</p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s2"><br /></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702460502853399807.post-85716349372508098862020-04-11T14:49:00.003-04:002020-04-11T14:50:45.353-04:00The Drumslingers: LES PARKS UN-TRADITIONAL SNARE GRIPA great post by E.W. Flack<br />
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Biography of Harrison Tyler Prentiss</div>
Posted to Ancestry.com 26 Apr 2012 by Walter Waggoner<br />
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Biography of Harrison Tyler “Tip” Prentiss<br />
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Harrison Tyler, better known as Tip Prentiss was born November 19, 1840 in Lewis County, Missouri. His father was Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss and his mother Margaret Sowdosky. One may assume that, in this very patriotic and Whig family, he was named for President William Henry Harrison and Vice President John Tyler, who became the first vice president to succeed a president, who died while in office. They were elected on the same ticket in the month and year of Tip’s birth.<br />
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The Prentiss family moved from Missouri to Quincy, Illinois about the time of his birth, most indicating that it was in 1840 when his father Benjamin and mother Margaret and the Prentiss clan, including his grandfather Henry Leonidas and grandmother Rebecca also made the short trip over the Mississippi River east to a free state. Little is known of Tip’s childhood. <br />
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By the time of the census of 1860, Tip was listed as an apprentice steamboat pilot, a profession he followed later in life. A more famous contemporary steamboat pilot was Mark Twain, also of Marion County, Missouri, where the Prentiss family had first settled. However, Samuel Clemons was leaving the profession about the time that Tip was beginning. <br />
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With the outbreak of war in 1861, Tip followed his father and enlisted in the Tenth Illinois Infantry Regiment. After his ninety day term was up, he returned home and later enlisted as a drummer in the Fiftieth Illinois Regiment. After his ninety day term was up, he returned home and later enlisted as a drummer in the Fiftieth Illinois Regiment. Tip transferred from the Fiftieth Illinois to the Eighty-fourth Illinois where he also served as a musician. Tip participated in the battles of Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Ft. Pillow, Shiloh, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. <br />
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Tip transferred from the Fiftieth Illinois to the Eighty-fourth Illinois where he also served as a musician. Tip participated in the battles of Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Ft. Pillow, Shiloh, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. <br />
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At the Battle of Shiloh Tip, ran to the rear, as did so many men during the first day of battle. While Tip was running away from the battlefield front, his father was busy trying to hold the line at the Hornet’s Nest against the Confederate onslaught. It was said that as Tip ran for the rear he met up with an aide to his father. According to the story Tip asked, “Where is the old man?” The aide replied that, “He’s out there where you hear all that fighting.” Tip responded saying, “Well, if he is out there one member of the family in the fight is enough, I’m going to the river.” When Tip ran for the safety of the bank of the river, he had plenty of company.<br />
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Tip was well liked throughout his life. It was claimed that he was “the best drummer in the Union army” and that he was always mirthful and a jokester.[1] Not all of the children of Ben Prentiss followed him back to Missouri from Quincy, although most did. Sons Tip and Guy were adults and remained in Quincy, although Tip would eventually follow his father to Bethany. Tip had a married daughter who remained in Quincy. <br />
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Harrison Tyler Prentiss was a well known river man in Quincy and was a likeable and popular figure in the community. In 1882 Tip and two other men were heroes, when they rescued a drowning woman who had jumped off the bridge into the Mississippi. They prevented her from committing suicide. Tip and his two friends were in a boat and close enough to the woman, so that they were able to row their boat to the spot where she had jumped into the water. They were able to successfully fish her out of the water. Not long afterwards Tip suffered a stroke that was accompanied by paralysis to his right side.<br />
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By 1887 Tip Prentiss had gone to live at the newly established Illinois Soldiers and Sailor’s Home in Quincy. From there he left to rejoin the Prentiss family in Bethany where he died on April 21, 1897 at the home of his brother Jacob.[2] Tip preceded his father in death, when Benjamin died February 8, 1901.<br />
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[1] History of Northwest Missouri, vol. 3, 1308. <br />
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[2] Herald, May 30, 1882.<br />
Whig, April 24, 1897.<br />
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Found on eBay at https://www.ebay.com/itm/CIVIL-WAR-VETERAN-G-A-R-PRESENTATION-DRUM-ID-D-ILLINOIS-10TH-50TH-84TH-INF/324102295191?hash=item4b76008e97:g:~fgAAOSwXMZea4So</div>
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN G.A.R. PRESENTATION DRUM IDENTIFIED ILLINOIS 10TH, 50TH, 84TH INFANTRY</div>
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An excellent post-Civil War drum belonging to Shiloh Union Drummer Boy Harrison Tyler ("Tip") Prentiss who served in the 10th, 50th and 84th Illinois Infantry.</div>
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Prentiss belonged to the Missouri G.A.R. Post for several years along the river where he owned his own boat.</div>
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The presenter was from the same town and G.A.R. Hall.</div>
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prentiss served as the drummer boy at the battle of shiloh</div>
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fantastic illinois history and much reading comes with the drum about his rich life </div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">by Ellen Castelow</span></h5>
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“Take my drum to England, hang it by the shore,<br />
And strike it when your powder’s running low;<br />
If the Dons sight Devon, I’ll quit the port of<br />
heaven, and drum them up the channel as we<br />
drummed them long ago.”</div>
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<i>Sir Henry John Newbolt 1862-1938</i></div>
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<a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Sir-Francis-Drake/">Sir Francis Drake</a> is best known for calmly finishing his game of bowls on <a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/DestinationsUK/Plymouth-Hoe/">Plymouth Hoe</a> as the <a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Spanish-Armada/">Spanish Armada</a>
sailed up the English Channel. Whether this is a true story or not, the
larger-than-life Tudor mariner was famous in his own lifetime for his
dangerous voyages and exploits.<br />
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Sea captain, explorer, slave trader, privateer and pirate: Drake was
all of these and more. To the Spanish he was a pirate (El Draque) but to
the English, he was a hero. From the <a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Drake-and-Singeing-Of-King-Of-Spains-Beard/">singeing of the King of Spain’s beard</a> – his raid on Cadiz in 1587 – to his voyages around the world ( the first Englishman to do so) Drake was immensely popular.<br />
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After his death a legend arose involving a drum, emblazoned with his
coat of arms, that had reputedly accompanied him on all his voyages.
This was an early European side drum, used on board ship for calls to
arms or for entertainment; Drake was fond of music and on his
circumnavigation, he took four viol players with him on the voyage.
Whilst the drum dates from the 16th century, the coat of arms that
decorates it was added in the 17th century.<br />
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It is generally believed that Drake’s drum was among the 13 drums
rescued from Hawkins’ and Drake’s fatal last voyage to the Caribbean in
1596. Shortly before his death off the coast of Panama in 1596, it is
said that he ordered the drum to be taken to Buckland Abbey, his home in
Devon. He is said to have vowed on his deathbed that if England were
ever in danger and the drum was sounded, he would return to defend his
homeland.<br />
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<i>Drake’s Drum on display at Buckland Abbey, before it was moved to The Box in Plymouth.</i></div>
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The drum is also said to mysteriously beat by itself during times of
peril. Legend has it that it has been heard to beat at important times
in English history:<br />
– when the <a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Mayflower/">Mayflower</a> left Plymouth for the New World in 1620<br />
– when Napoleon Bonaparte entered Plymouth harbour as a prisoner aboard the Bellerophon<br />
– in 1914 on the outbreak of <a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/World-War-1-Chronology/">World War One</a><br />
– in 1918 on HMS Royal Oak just before the surrender of the German fleet<br />
– during the <a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Evacuation-of-Dunkirk/">evacuation of Dunkirk</a> in 1940.<br />
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Two British army officers also claimed they heard the drum beating during the <a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Polish-Pilots-the-Battle-of-Britain/">Battle of Britain</a>
in September 1940. It was also said to have been heard beating quietly
in 1982 during the Falklands War and on 7th July 2005 when London was
hit by a terrorist attack.<br />
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The legend of Drake’s drum fits into the category of ‘king of the
mountain’ or ‘sleeping hero’ folklore. These are tales of national
heroes ready to awake at times of national need, such as the legend of <a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Did-King-Arthur-Exist/">King Arthur</a> and his knights, sleeping in Avalon waiting to arise when required.<br />
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Drake’s role as a protector of England is first mooted in a poem
written by Charles Fitz Geffrey only a few months after Drake’s death,
‘Sir Francis Drake, His Honourable Life’s Commendation And His Tragical
Death Lamentation’. The last few lines of the poem seem to suggest that
he is forever watchful over England:<br />
“The sea no more, heaven then shall be his tomb<br />
Where he a new made star eternally<br />
Shall shine transparent to spectator’s eye<br />
But shall to us a radiant light remain<br />
He who alive to them a dragon was<br />
Shall be a dragon unto them again<br />
For with his death his terror shall not pass<br />
But still amid the air he shall remain<br />
This role continued because England wished it to be so! “<br />
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The legend was further reinforced in 1897 with the publication of Sir
Henry John Newbolt’s famous poem, ‘Drake’s Drum’, some lines from which
are quoted at the head of this article.<br />
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<i>Drake’s Drum, arriving at Buckland Abbey from Plymouth City Museum, 1951</i></div>
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The drum has been in the ownership of Drake’s descendants since the
late 16th century. It was first mentioned at Buckland Abbey in an
account of traveller George Lipscomb in 1799 and it was at Buckland in
1938 when it was rescued from the fire that beset the Abbey. It was
acquired by Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery from the family in the
1950s and returned to Buckland Abbey on loan. The drum has now been
moved to The Box, in Plymouth, which opens in May 2020. Buckland Abbey
is in the care of the National Trust.<br />
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“I THINK WE SOUNDED BLACK!”</div>
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SPACE AND COMMUNITY IN BLACK DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS</div>
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By Jamil Jorge </div>
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Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music in Music with a concentration in Musicology in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017, Urbana, Illinois<br />
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(Download Thesis <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5zjxevolfxw0muk/JORGE-THESIS-2017.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">here</a>.) <br />
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ABSTRACT</div>
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This thesis examines three Black drum and bugle corps from the Civil Rights era of the nineteen-fifties and sixties: the Carter Cadets and the CMCC Warriors Drum and Bugle Corps from New York City, NY and the Washington VIPs from Washington, D.C.<br />
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It uses historical and ethnographic methods to present a history of Black corps, mainly based on interviews with alumni. By using theories of space and community, the goal is to analyze how urban planning made way for the formation of Black corps in inner cities.<br />
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These marching ensembles served two purposes within their communities: to teach youth valuable life skills to benefit their socioeconomic advancement, and to protect them from likely life-threatening situations, including drugs and violence, by showing them how to embrace their Black identities and create awareness of different opportunities.<br />
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The significance of this study is to present a little- researched performing ensemble within the United States, and base it historically during the Civil rights era to show one way Black communities coped with urban planning and the lack of socioeconomic opportunities in their neighborhoods.<br />
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Carter Cadets: <a href="https://bit.ly/37lg2en">https://youtu.be/dHFjBoCaAVs</a><br />
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CMCC Warriors: <a href="https://bit.ly/2HkWIDO">https://youtu.be/D_G_37ELM7M</a><br />
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Washington VIPs: <a href="https://bit.ly/31NPS31">https://youtu.be/_c47Vi1W6AM</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702460502853399807.post-89172223489843389412020-01-26T23:28:00.000-05:002020-02-13T07:36:36.428-05:00A History of Rudimental Drumming in America<div style="text-align: center;">
A HISTORY OF RUDIMENTAL DRUMMING IN AMERICA FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR TO THE PRESENT</div>
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A Monograph
Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in The School of Music</div>
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by Eric Alan Chandler</div>
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B.S. Ball State University, 1983</div>
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M.M. Louisiana State University, 1985</div>
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May 1990</div>
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ABSTRACT</div>
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Rudimental drumming gained significance in America during the period of the Revolution. Ever since the late eighteenth century and through the nineteenth century, it was used exclusively in the military.
This study traces the migration of drum rudiments and their use in military settings from Great Britain to America.<br />
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The contributions of the Swiss drummers and the incorporation of their drum music into American rudimental drumming are also examined.<br />
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The introductory chapter covers related pertinent and prefatory topics such as a definition of rudimental drumming, the duties of the military drummer, non-rudimental types of drumming and a summary of the origin and development of rudimental drumming in Europe.<br />
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The second chapter, which constitutes the body of the work, begins with an investigation of military drumming in America beginning in the Revolutionary War era and continuing through the nineteenth century. This chapter also includes calls, signals, and various rudiments used by the American military drummer as well as an analysis and inter pretation of the changes that took place in performance practices and notation.<br />
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The third chapter deals with rudimental drumming in the twentieth century beginning with the bands of John Philip Sousa, comparing techniques and principles of the past to modern marching percussion sections. Changes in rudiments during this century through the efforts of the National Association of Rudimental Drummers and the Percussive Arts Society are also examined.<br />
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The study concludes that many of the same rudiments and patterns used in Europe from the fifteenth century, and in America from the late eighteenth-century, are still used today and have remained unchanged. It has also been concluded that, in comparison to other countries, a large number of drum manuals have been published in America prior to the twentieth century.<br />
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A further conclusion acknowledges multiple applications of drum rudiments to other percussion instruments.
Often, the work of any such project is measured in part by its usefulness and contribution.<br />
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This study will serve as a reference for the rudimental drummer as well as for the historian and could be used by scholars and instructors at all levels.<br />
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Download the work at <a href="https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0330/ec7999200db3b77c0e119ea6efeee71beb32.pdf">https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0330/ec7999200db3b77c0e119ea6efeee71beb32.pdf</a><br />
or <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/g9bn6fnwtmtlx2j/Chandler%20Thesis.pdf?dl=0">https://www.dropbox.com/s/g9bn6fnwtmtlx2j/Chandler%20Thesis.pdf?dl=0</a>.
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1965 Style & Techique for Drum Corps Drumming Pre-DCI Ludwig Drum & Bugle Corps Material </h1>
For purposes of preserving drumming history and heritage, style and technique, here is "Style & Technique for Drum Corps Drumming" by Mike Stefanowicz offered 1965 by "Ludwig Drum & Bugle Corps Educational Department (no copyright noticed). We found this gem on eBay and couldn't pass up the opportunity to buy and preserve its contents. Critical commentary encouraged.<br />
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"Mike Stefanowicz, is a national champion who became a Ludwig clinician and wrote many method books and articles on style and technique." See <a data-ctbtn="0" data-cthref="/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=2ahUKEwjNtfq5_s_iAhXumOAKHa6TCH4QFjABegQIAxAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcxmuseum.org%2Fassets%2F056-065%2C%2520Chapter%25206.pdf&usg=AOvVaw039hC7Ngq9ewX9xI8sNO7m" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=2ahUKEwjNtfq5_s_iAhXumOAKHa6TCH4QFjABegQIAxAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcxmuseum.org%2Fassets%2F056-065%2C%2520Chapter%25206.pdf&usg=AOvVaw039hC7Ngq9ewX9xI8sNO7m"><cite class="iUh30">www.dcxmuseum.org/assets/056-065,%20Chapter%206.pdf</cite></a>.<br />
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"Mike Stefanowicz starting making music at age 12, and by 1940 was known across the country as one of the best drummers in the activity. His skill was also recognized outside the United States. After finishing as the first runner up in the individuals at the American Legion national convention in Boston, he finished as first runner up in the World Senior Open Championships during the World’s Fair, in Flushing, NY. In addition to performing with several fife and drum corps, he performed with the Seattle Hurricanes drum and bugle corps. He also instructed the drum lines of the Hurricanes and Thunderbirds of Seattle." See http://www.worlddrumcorpshof.org/biographies.htm. <br />
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Jordan Noble's story as a slave-turned-soldier and
a loved citizen of New Orleans has been somewhat thoroughly documented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Noble was able to use his status as a patriot
and soldier of four wars (Battle of New Orleans/War of 1812, Seminole War in
Florida, Mexican War, and as part of both the Confederate and Union forces during
the Civil War) to gain freedom and social status that very few of his skin color
had at that time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His accomplishments and
unique circumstances positioned him as a celebrated member of New Orleans
society and a political leader of the free black community.</div>
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Jordan Noble's efforts as a political leader began
far before President Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, far before the
Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, and far before the Fourteenth
Amendment offered a guarantee of civil rights in 1868. Noble's well-publicized notoriety
as Andrew Jackson's drummer and his voluntary service in multiple wars to help whites
forge the American republic positioned him to astutely negotiate through the
class-based society which surrounded him. His words and actions were public proof
that People of Color were model citizens, eloquent speakers with social grace,
and true patriots deserving freedom and every natural right. His words and
actions were tools that greatly advanced the fight for those rights and equality
throughout America.</div>
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Noble attended the 1854 National Emigration
Convention of Colored People in Cleveland, serving as an elected officer on its
National Board of Commissioners and a Louisiana delegate. The delegates of that
convention created what was advanced as the first platform "ever
established by the colored people in any Convention in the United States."
That groundbreaking platform made a series of declarations which outlined
specific civil rights grievances and, among other things, insisted that
"man is by nature free," that whatever interferes with the natural
rights of man should "be met with adequate resistance," and demanded
"every political right, privilege and position," while pledging to
use "all honorable means, to unite us as one people, on this
continent."<sup>1</sup></div>
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In 1865, the first year that "free blacks and
mullatoes of Louisiana" could legally meet in convention, Noble attended the
Convention of Colored Men of Louisiana in New Orleans. He served as President
pro-tem and Vice President of the Convention, in addition to serving as
President of the Convention's Committee of Rules and Regulations and as an
officer on multiple other committees developed to "promote the moral,
educational, and economic development of the black community." Noble and the
other delegates quickly formed the Equal Rights League of Louisiana as an
outgrowth of the National Equal Rights League, which was founded just three
months prior, and endorsed their adopted "Declaration of Wrongs and
Rights." (The National Equal Rights League served as a forerunner to the
NAACP.) The published minutes and an editorial in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New Orleans Tribune</i> specifically recognized Noble's high level of
leadership activity and important part at the Convention. His work alongside
other notable southern-black soldiers turned political leaders, such as James
H. Ingraham and Oscar J. Dunn, helped to ensure the Convention's success and initiate
a well-defined, unified Civil Rights Movement in the years that followed.<sup> 2,
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<sup>1</sup><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Proceedings
of the National Emigration Convention of Colored People Held at Cleveland,
Ohio, On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, The 24th, 25th, and 26th of August,
1854</i>; A.A. Anderson Print, Pittsburg, 1854; ColoredConventions.org, 2016.</div>
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<sup>2</sup>“State Convention of the Colored People
of Louisiana, January 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th, 1865” (New
Orleans, LA); Foner, Philip S. and George E. Walker, eds.; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Proceedings of the Black State Conventions, 1840-1865</i>. Volume
2, 1979; ColoredConventions.org, 2016.</div>
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<sup>3</sup>"Editorial: The State Convention
of the Colored People of Louisiana", <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
New Orleans Tribune</i>;<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>January 10-15,
1865.</div>
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DALLAS, Texas (April 15, 2019)
– On January 8, 1815, a teenage slave named Jordan Bankston Noble<span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span>beat the call to arms and stood shoulder to shoulder
with U.S. troops determined to drive back the British Army during the Battle of
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Despite his age, Noble, just 14
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under Major General Andrew Jackson’s 7<sup>th</sup> Regiment; his skills also
had played a crucial role in a December 1814 surprise attack against the
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personally owned circa 1830 snare drum</a>, which he used to keep soldiers
marching in step during Second Seminole War of 1836, and two additional wars,<span style="color: red;"> </span>and a prized <a href="https://historical.ha.com/itm/military-and-patriotic/-andrew-jackson-jordan-noble-s-battle-of-new-orleans-presentation-banner/a/6185-43241.s">Battle
of New Orleans presentation banner</a>, come to auction May 4 in Heritage Auctions’
<a href="https://historical.ha.com/c/auction-home.zx?saleNo=6185">Americana
& Political Auction</a> in Dallas and on HA.com.</div>
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Slater, an expert and director of Historical Americana at Heritage. “Despite
serving his country, after the war, two of Noble's commanders took ownership of
him and his mother. It was through their efforts that Jordan became a free man
and a celebrated historic figure in New Orleans.”</div>
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Born a slave in Georgia in
1800, Noble was raised by his mother before he was sold to New Orleans resident
John Noble in 1812 who likewise fought at the battle in Jackson’s 7<sup>th</sup>
Regiment Louisiana Volunteer Infantry. </div>
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Because of his extreme patriotism, after the War of 1812,
Noble continued his military career as a drummer during the Second Seminole War
of 1836, the Mexican War (under Zachary Taylor) and the Civil War. At the
outbreak of the Civil War, he raised a company of freed African Americans (the
“Louisiana Native Guards”) to provide security and defense for the city of New
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The drum offered at auction on May 4 is the one he played
from his time in the Seminole Wars to the end of his life in 1890. It is the
very same one Noble was seen with at the World's Industrial and Cotton
Centennial Exposition/New Orleans World’s Fair (1884). After his death, the
drum was publically exhibited at the Colonial Museum in New Orleans (1903) and
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition/St. Louis World's Fair (1904), before being
loaned to the Louisiana State Museum for more than a century and being on
permanent display for the majority of that time.</div>
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The exceptionally important military snare drum features a
Federal eagle and shield on a standard military blue background. The maker’s
label<span style="color: red;"> </span>is inscribed in ink at the top "JB
Noble."<span style="background: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span>Although some of the paint is worn
and chipped, the graphic eagle remains vivid and is surrounded by 24 stars (one
chipped away) representing the 24 states admitted between 1821 and 1836.</div>
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Noble’s commitment to this
country ran deep. Among his most prized possessions was a 42-inch by 45-inch
blue silk banner that, according to tradition, was made by the women of New
Orleans and presented to Andrew Jackson to honor and commemorate his victory at
the Battle of New Orleans. It is decorated with two horizontal ribbons within a
wreath inscribed “Andrew Jackson” and “1814 and 1815.” It is encased with a
printed testimonial to Noble, dated April 27, 1880, signed by two former
governors, three generals and a commodore.</div>
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Noble’s widow sold the banner
(and drum) sometime before 1903 to Gaspar Cusachs, who loaned it to the
Louisiana State Museum. The banner has been publically exhibited at the
Colonial Museum in New Orleans (1903), the Louisiana Purchase Exposition/St.
Louis World's Fair (1904), the Louisiana State Museum (1909) and the Capitol
Park Museum in Baton Rouge (2006-2016).<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div>
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Noble became known as the “The
Drummer Boy of Chalmette”<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="background: white; color: #202020;">and was fondly called "Old
Jordan" in his later years</span>.</span> He was often seen and heard
playing the snare drum currently offered at auction, and would timelessly
recreate the famous drumbeat that was heard on the fields of Chalmette during
the Battle of New Orleans, along with the many other military beats he
performed throughout his service to this country.</div>
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Old Jordan became such a fixture
of New Orleans’ culture, the local newspaper, <i>The Daily Picayune</i>,
honored him and told the story of his life in an article published June 21,
1890, the day after his death.</div>
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Born into slavery in 1800, Jordan Bankston Noble was only 14-years
old when he became the drummer for General Andrew Jackson's 7th
Regiment. Noble beat the call to arms for the troops at the Battle
of New Orleans and stood with the members of his unit in defense
against the British attack. General Jackson, Noble and the men of
7th Infantry were considered heroes by the residents of New
Orleans. After the war, two of young Noble's commanders took
ownership of him and his mother. It was through their efforts that
Jordan became a free man and one of New Orleans' most celebrated
19th-century black musicians.<br />
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Because of his extreme patriotism, after the War of 1812, Noble
continued his military career as a drummer during the Second
Seminole War of 1836, the Mexican War (under Zachary Taylor) and
the Civil War. At the outbreak of the Civil War he raised a company
of freed African Americans (the "Louisiana Native Guards") to fight
for the South. After Union General Benjamin Butler took control of
New Orleans from the Confederacy, Noble then raised a new regiment
that fought for the North. It was under Butler that Noble served as
a Captain of the U. S. 7th Louisiana Regiment Infantry (African
Decent). Upon returning to New Orleans after his military service,
Noble rose to fame for his valor and commitment to his
community.<br />
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Noble became known as the "The Drummer Boy of Chalmette" and was
also fondly called "Old Jordan" in his later years. He was often
seen and heard playing the snare drum currently offered at auction,
and would even timelessly recreate the famous drumbeat that was
heard on the fields of Chalmette during the Battle of New Orleans,
along with the many other military beats he performed throughout
his service to this country.<br />
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Noble became such a fixture of New Orleans' culture, the local
newspaper, <i>The Daily Picayune</i>, told the story of "Old
Jordan" and his "well-worn drum" in an article published June 21,
1890, the day after his death.<br />
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<i>"He gave frequent "field music" entertainment with his historic
drum that he carried with him throughout all his services, and many
will remember the white-headed old man and his well-worn drum, so
often seen during the exposition of 1884-1885. The famous drummer
boy of New Orleans has gone to join his comrades of many campaigns.
Peace to him and honor to the brave man who served his country so
often and so well."</i><br />
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The drum offered at auction is the one Noble played from his time
in the Seminole Wars to the end of his life in 1890. It is the very
same one Noble was seen with at the World's Industrial and Cotton
Centennial Exposition/New Orleans World's Fair (1884). After his
death, his widow sold the drum to Gaspar Cusachs, who exhibited it
at the Colonial Museum in New Orleans (1903) and the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition/St. Louis World's Fair (1904), before loaning
it to the Louisiana State Museum for more than a century.<br />
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It is an exceptionally important military snare drum, with the
music store's label inscribed in ink at the top "JB Noble" and
bearing the name "Klemm & Brother's, No 287 Market St.
Philadelphia." Early Philadelphia directories listed the drum maker
at 287 1/2 Market St. from 1828 thru 1843. Concurrent with those
dates, a New Orleans directory listed a Klemm Brothers store at 45
Canal St. in 1832.<br />
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The drum, with Federal eagle and shield on a standard military blue
background, features the eagle and shield along with standard tack
decoration, drumheads, rope and leather tensioners and brass snare
tensioner on the side. It is 16.5" tall, with a diameter of 16.75".
Although some of the paint is worn and chipped, the graphic eagle
remains vivid and is surrounded by 24 stars (one chipped away)
representing the 24 states admitted between 1821 and 1836.<br />
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Provenance: The Gaspar Cusachs Collection, Louisiana State Museum,
1908-2016 </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702460502853399807.post-74318146894019698572019-01-06T16:05:00.001-05:002019-01-06T16:33:09.113-05:00New Old Stock, In the Box, ca. 1998 or later McDonagh 10-hole Regimental Model Fife with Fingering Chart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A friend came upon a new, old stock, in the box, 10-hole McDonagh fife, Regimental Model, complete with fingering chart. And he gave it to me! How sweet is that?<br />
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<i>As would be expected, these fifes were notably more internally in tune than most previous fifes, since the designs of the 1830s fell from favor, and had the added value of being tunable with each other (by sliding the joint or the head cork). In addition, they gave the player greater dynamic control and could be played even louder than traditional fifes, the result of the lower cone in the bore. At first, only six hole (Model J) fifes were made, but by 1960, McDonagh designed and Seaman manufactured a 10-hole (Model L). Two of the holes were used by RH2 – covering only one of the two produced F natural. Some players found this quite difficult, so eventually (c. 1970s), an 11-hole model was introduced, the Model M, with both the original double RH2 holes and an RH thumb hole to choose from for the F natural. These were actually ideas derived from several makers of the days of the 19th century, including Giorgi, even though there was no need for F natural in traditional fife music.</i></div>
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<i>Around this time, Roy Seaman had been deeply involved in the making of piccolos under his name, the body style of which resembled the McDonagh Model fife. Roy decided to retire from actively manufacturing fifes and sold the operation of making McDonagh fifes to an apprentice, Larry Trout. Operating on his own, Trout soon chose to mark the fife with his own "fish" symbol, which replaced the script mark of Roy Seaman's name. In time, the quality of the instrument eventually suffered and other models of fifes began to emerge in the United States.</i></div>
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<i>McDonagh had stayed uninvolved from active fife and drum performance, teaching and composition for many years. As new generations of fifers emerged, John remained reclusive to himself and a few close friends, preferring to stay in his apartment in mid-town Manhattan. That began to change in 1988 and John began to meet privately at his home with some former fifing colleagues and a few newer players. John also renewed his collaborative friendship with Roy Seaman, who was now living in Arizona.</i></div>
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<i>In 1997, John McDonagh, along with a newly formed fife study group, decided that the time had come to make changes to the original 1960 ten-hole fife. A new manufacturer, Wilson Woods, with critical oversight from Roy Seaman once again, produced the new fife, designated the Regimental Model. Along with this new fife, a number of fingering changes were suggested to take full advantage of the improved design. For a number of years, both Larry Trout and Wilson Woods made McDonagh fifes jointly—Trout the fish-marked familiar McDonagh Model and Wilson the Regimental Model. Eventually, both men discontinued making fifes as of 2003.</i></div>
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<i>Most recently, The Cooperman Company, founded by Patrick H Cooperman, took over the manufacture of McDonagh fifes. Cooperman had ventured himself into the concert-fifemaking world in about 1985 with his own version of a two-piece fife, as well as an acoustically correct one-piece version, through the assistance of a few key players. Though the fifes played and sold well, they had not reached the popularity of the McDonagh.</i></div>
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<span id="goog_305675893">The Battle of New Market was fought on May
15, 1864, in Virginia during the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the
American Civil War. A makeshift Confederate army of 4,100 men, which
included cadets from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), forced Union
Major General Franz Sigel and his army out of the Shenandoah Valley.
The cadets were integral to the Confederate victory at New Market.
Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Market">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Market</a></span><span id="goog_305675893">. Photos courtesy of <a href="mailto:Peirce2OVC@yahoo.com" target="_blank">Ron Maness</a>.</span><br />
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VMI's 10 cadet fatalities are remembered on the drum</div>
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Blog reader Terry Cornett sent a copy of his email correspondence with Ron Maness:</div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>On Sunday, October 21, 2018, 2:33:53 PM CDT, peirce2ovc wrote:<br /><br />Hi Terry,<br /><br />Thank you for your response. Attached are photos of the drum.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i><br />Obviously,
it is ID'd to VMI. The drum is small: 8.625" deep and 14" in diameter
measured outside the rims. It appears unaltered. The lower edge of the
drum is carved out at two opposing points to facilitate the snare.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i><br />Written
in pencil inside the drum (and difficult to photograph) is what appears
to read "Y. Lilley Maker 1860". I'm not sure about the Lilley name.
It's the best I can make out.<br /><br />The drum has come out of a very old
collection and everything else in it is righteous. The drum and its
markings appear good, but I am not a drum expert.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i><br />With the drum are remnants of the rope and two leather tighteners (they are small and in poor shape).<br /><br />Your thoughts would be appreciated.<br /><br />Ron<br /><br /><br />-------- Original message --------<br />From: T Cornett <br />To: peirce2ovc <br />Subject: Re: Drum Authentication<br /><br />Hello Ron,<br /> </i></span></div>
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will try, but I will forward the images to several others who may have
more expertise in identification. In general, if there is any kind of
evidence on the drum, such as pencil or ink inscriptions, the highest
value could be in "as found" condition. If there are no historically
relevant indications and the instrument is sound (or could be made
sound) then restoration to playing condition could be warranted.<br /><br />Terry Cornett<br /><br /><br />-------- Original message --------<br />On Saturday, October 20, 2018, 10:21:01 PM CDT, peirce2ovc wrote:<br /><br />Hi Terry,<br /><br />If
I sent you photos of what presents itself as an 1860 production rope
tensioned drum, could you help authenticate it? The item needs
restoration, if it is a real drum. I suppose you might be interested in
providing these services?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Ron Maness </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Facsimile of an 1862 Robert W. Warren Drum </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>A
viewer recently wrote: Here's the latest project I just finished. I
wrapped my beat up WFL drum in ash veneer, which I had flat cut from a
single log (not spliced together from multiple logs like most veneer),
so it looks like it's a steambent solid shell with the overlapped seam.
On the right is my 1862 Robert W. Warren drum.</i></span></span><br />
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A friend wrote me recently saying that he was interested in the exact
dimensions of the original leather ears on my mid-19th century drum
pictured in "<a href="http://blog.fielddrums.com/2008/03/1850-drum-by-john-lowell.html">Drum by John Lowell of Bangor, Maine</a>", this blog, March 5, 2008.</div>
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I sent him one of the original ears to copy. Here's a photo of the original and one of his reproductions:</div>
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Note that the original has a brass shield stapled to it. My refurbished
John Lowell drum is discussed in the above-referenced blog post.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702460502853399807.post-86982304909993586852018-10-24T15:19:00.000-04:002018-10-24T15:19:02.695-04:00Amazing Drum and Fife Manuscripts Found <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Reader and Contributor ANONYMOUS writes:<br />
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Drummers and fifers-<br />
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This is a huge discovery...manuscripts from Sgt. Henke and Sgt. Moore,
who were instructors at Gov. Island for many years. I am going to see if
Ken Barlow can post these to fifedrum.org. 28 megs total. Here are the
first 2 pages:<br />
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Three Camps, Reveille, Slow Scotch, Austrian, Tin Kettle</center>
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Hessian, Dutch, Quick Scotch, Yankee Doodle, National Air</center>
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Not much drumming but there is a drumbeat for Old Dan Tucker, which apparently was used for Supper Call.<br />
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Courtesy of Rob Martin, by way of Jim Moffet, to Ed Fredriks, to me [ANONYMOUS].<br />
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Please forward this to others. I am going through my 3 email accounts
and sending this to everyone I have corresponded with regarding drum and
fife over the years.<br />
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After a quick glance, it looks like the reveille is very close to Strube...<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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-ANONYMOUS</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702460502853399807.post-84768450229748997452018-10-24T15:13:00.002-04:002018-10-24T15:13:45.119-04:00Lyon & Healy Bass Drum, ca. 1890 - Comments from a Reader<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Comments regarding this drum in an email dated 5/1/07 from ANONYMOUS:<br />
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<i>"Your drum [Lyon & Healy bass drum, ca. 1890 with star inlay and
inlaid circumferential stripes, design "Monarch"] appears to be in
pretty good shape. If I were you I would just replace the heads unless
there is significant splitting of the shell. Tucking skin heads is
really not very difficult. I would practice on a snare drum before
tackling a large bass drum, however.<br /><br />"You might also consider <b><a href="http://www.ropedrum.com/">George Carroll</a></b>.
He could provide you with skin heads at a ... [low] price ... or do a
complete restoration .... I am fortunate enough to live down the street
from his shop in Alexandria [Virginia]. He has a small sample of his
drum collection there. Many say that Mr. Carroll is the most
knowledgeable person in the world on the subject of rope drums and
historical rudimental drumming. His resume speaks for itself. He started
the <b><a href="http://www.army.mil/fifeanddrum/">Old Guard Fife, Drum, and Bugle Corps</a></b>. and also the <a href="http://www.history.org/history/fife&drum/about.cfm"><b>Fifes and Drum Corp at Colonial Williamsburg</b></a> in addition to transcribing all of the old drum manuals from the 18th and 19th centuries.<br /><br />"Incidentally George used to own the Excelsior drum company's catalog. It was either lost or stolen.<br /><br />"If you need any other advice, let me know.<br /><br />"</i>ANONYMOUS"</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">by Michael Pikunas</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Youngstown, Ohio </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It was
the morning of November 12, 1861, and at first glance the youthful federal
soldiers of the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry were not overjoyed by the
unfamiliar sights and smells around them. They had landed at Hatteras Inlet,
North Carolina which, compared to the lush green forests and farms of Eastern
Pennsylvania, presented to them an endless and desolate expanse of bleached
white sand. This was their first journey away from their homes in Schuylkill County,
a region comprised of small coal mining towns near the Schuylkill River. One of
those small towns, Palo Alto, lay on the south shore of the Schuylkill which
flows eastward toward Philadelphia, less than one hundred miles away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And just fifty miles to the east was
Bethlehem, settled in 1741 by a Christian sect of German Methodists called
Moravians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Germans brought with
them a high regard for education and a love for music."<sup>1</sup> Just
like those from Palo Alto, the young men from Bethlehem responded to the call
for volunteers to put down the rebellion and don the federal blue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">But unlike their comrades from Palo Alto, the
Bethlehemians had not only relatives but also brethren in Bethania, North
Carolina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Settled in 1759, also by Moravians,
Bethania was a farm town not too far from Salem, North Carolina, the Southern
home of the Moravians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like their
northern brethren, the Bethanians enlisted to serve, not to put down the rebellion,
but to don the confederate gray and support it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These blue
clad and gray clad Moravians had more than their patriotism in common; they
shared a talent for music and their Christian heritage, complete with its signs
and symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"In their boarding
schools they learned to draw their great Moravian symbol, the Star of Bethlehem.
In this fashion, by drawing the shapes of a pyramid and gluing the shapes
together they created a multi-pointed star."<sup>2</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the clouds of war darkened, many of the
Moravians, both men and boys, would join their respective ranks, not as soldiers,
but as musicians.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Following the first cannon blasts at Fort
Sumter, Moravian musicians from Salem, also known as the Wachovia Region, or
Piedmont, formed three bands, initially named as militia units.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"The Forsyth Grays" became Company
E of the Eleventh Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers. This Company changed
later to the Twenty-first Regiment, North Carolina Troops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forming soon after was the Bethania Brass
Band, also known as the "Confederate Stars" which became Company F and
later Company I of the Thirty-third Regiment, North Carolina Troops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, there was the Salem Brass Band,
which would famously become known as the 26th North Carolina Regimental
Band."<sup>3</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would all
wear the gray. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At Hatteras
Inlet the young soldiers in blue eventually began to frolic in the surf,
gathering what they called "secesh" shells.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They'd ship the secesh shells home to their
relatives in wooden crates onboard ocean-borne "steamers."<sup>4</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For now they had every reason to enjoy
themselves because the sobering slaughter at Shiloh and Antietam was still on
the horizon, and General Ambrose Burnside's star was on the rise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They didn't know what lay ahead, that three
years hence their skills and ingenuity would be called upon to attempt a bold
and decisive end to the war, a nightmarish, seemingly endless war. They would
tunnel underneath the rebel lines at the last citadel of the Confederacy,
Petersburg, and plant a ton of explosives creating what would be known ever
after as "The Crater" and the demise of General Ambrose
Burnside's career.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But outside of making history, during the
course of their war, the soldiers of the 48th Pennsylvania would capture two eagles - two
American Bald Eagles - making them souvenirs and shipping them back home to
Schuylkill County. "A live eagle was captured after putting up a fight on
the 48th's picket line at Hatteras Inlet."<sup>5</sup> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other eagle, a defiant eagle, hand painted
by an unknown artist on the face of a rebel snare drum was captured on a
battlefield late in the war.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Stellwagon, Palo Alto, Penna" thereby linking</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The bottom drum head of the rebel eagle
drum bears a number of six pointed stars, one of them large, "shaped in
the same fashion as drawn by Moravian boarding school students in the mid-19th
Century at Old Salem North Carolina.<sup>6<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></sup>Printed below the larger star by the same hand are two
words "LANE BAND." Appearing to the side of those markings in bold period ink
is the name and home town of the soldier of the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry who "captured" the drum to send home to Schuylkill County - (George W.) "Stellwagon, Palo Alto, Penna".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The snare drum’s dimensions are 12-1/2" tall and 14-1/2" in diameter. The shell is uncut. Next to
the spread-winged eagle motif is a symmetrical tack pattern that consists of a
circle around the vent hole encompassed by a large square. The hoops, heads,
leather tugs and rope tensioners are original. The free-hand painted motif
consists of a spread-winged bald eagle on a gold sun-rayed blue field. The
bald eagle is grasping a broken flagstaff of a furled federal flag in its beak.
The eagle, with the broken flagstaff in its beak is portrayed on the ground
with pointed green ivy leaves and red berries. In its talons is a clutch of
arrows.</span></div>
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federal markings, such as "E Pluribus Unum," "U.S.," etc. Images of actual federal-issue drums carried by drummers of the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry can
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Pennsylvania, as far as we know, was with his regiment at the battles of
Roanoke Island, New Berne, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain and
Antietam, where he sustained a serious head wound while waiting in line to cross
Burnside's Bridge. Stellwagon recovered to re-join the 48th in 1864 for the
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The words printed by the hand of the Johnny Reb musician himself represent the
Confederate regiment and brigade to which the rebel eagle drum belonged:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the Thirty-third Regiment, North Carolina
Troops of General James Henry Lane's Brigade. General Lane received his brigadier
star in November 1862 following the death of General Lawrence O. Branch at Antietam\Sharpsburg.</span></div>
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of Oliver J. Lehman reveal the story.<sup>8</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Known as O. J., Lehman was a Moravian
musician from Bethania, North Carolina who enlisted in Lane's Brigade and
became band master to the Thirty-third North Carolina Regimental Band. Lehman
chose to serve with his fellow musicians who were formerly members of the
Bethania Brass Band the "Confederate Stars." "The Thirty-third
Regimental Band, although assigned to regimental status, was actually the brigade
band for General Lane's Brigade, which included the Seventh, Eighteenth,
Twenty-eighth, Thirty-third, and Thirty-seventh North Carolina regiments."<sup>9</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Brigade was attached to Pender's
Division, Third Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While the live bald eagle at Hatteras Inlet
put up a ferocious fight before succumbing to capture by a lieutenant and two
privates of the 48th Pennsylvania armed with a fusillade of sea shells, the eagle
on the rebel drum of General Lane's Band witnessed a much more prolonged and
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heard the screams of wounded soldiers about to be consumed by flames in the
woods at the Battle of Chancellorsville and witnessed the aftermath of the
accidental death of General Stonewall Jackson caused by friendly fire from a
sister regiment in General Lane's Brigade. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can only speculate how close it got to the
brave faces of General Lane's infantryman as they formed the battle line on
Seminary Ridge before marching toward those horrible cannon on Cemetery Ridge
at Gettysburg. Did it inspire those brave soldiers by playing their favorite
tunes<i> </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bonnie Blue Flag</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dixie</i>?</span></div>
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"During all battles until the final surrender, General Lane's Band was in
the opening of each, caring for the wounded and taking them to the field
hospital just behind the line of battle. So our duties were not only as
musicians but also as ambulance corps. We were often under severe shelling and
small arms fire but we escaped almost miraculously".<sup>10</sup></span></div>
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there when fate brought together the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and
the Thirty-third North Carolina Regiment. We can surmise the day of the eagle’s
capture in the bloody muck at Spotsylvania or <span style="color: black;">near
the last desperate ditches of the federal Sixth Corps' breakthrough at
Petersburg.</span></span></div>
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emblazoned on the rebel drum, although forced to surrender, has never
surrendered its indomitable mystique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
when all is quiet, with an imaginative ear pressed against the vent
hole, one can hear off in the distance, feint but
unmistakable, spine tingling, the echo of the Rebel Yell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I would like to recognize two persons in
particular who helped me with their knowledge, expertise and literary resources
on the topic of Moravian Civil War history in Salem, North Carolina, namely,
Historian Philip Dunigan and Office Manager Sarah Durham.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And to
express my appreciation and gratitude for the invaluable forensic and technical
skills of my friend, Ed Carlini.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And to my
sister Anne Marie "Bunchy" Schwelm, for her moral and literary
support and assistance, and for the many years of sharing the joy of Our Great
American History.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1 Hall,
Harry H. 2006. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Johnny Reb Band from
Salem: The Pride of Tarheelia</i>. Raleigh N.C.: Office of Archives and
History, N.C. Dept. of Cultural Resources. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2 Moravian
Historical Society. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">About the Moravian
Star</i>, <a href="http://moravianhistoricalsociety.org/">http://moravianhistoricalsociety.org</a>. (accessed June 10, 2018) </span></div>
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2006. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">4 Hoptack,
John David.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2017. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Civil War letters of Private Daniel Reedy, Company F, 48th
Pennsylvania Infantry</i>, <a href="http://48thpennsylvania.blogspot.com/p/letters-diaries-civil-war-letters-of.html">http://48thpennsylvania.blogspot.com/p/letters-diaries-civil-war-letters-of.html</a></span></div>
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2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">7 Hoptack, John
David. 2017. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The 48<sup>th</sup>
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, <a href="http://48thpennsylvania.blogspot.com/">http://48thpennsylvania.blogspot.com/</a></i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">8 Lehman, O.
J. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Reminiscences of the War Between the
States</i>, unpublished manuscript.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina State Archives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">9 Ferguson,
Benny Pryor. 1987. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Bands of the
Confederacy: An Examination of the Musical and Military Contributions of the
Bands and Musicians of the Confederate States of America</i>. North Texas State
University.</span></div>
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O. J. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Reminiscences of the War Between
the States,</i> unpublished manuscript. Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina State
Archives.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702460502853399807.post-6305074417487515542018-02-19T22:54:00.001-05:002018-02-19T23:00:40.697-05:00The Drum, A History - excerpt on the History of Drum Rudiments <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=012sPPQ9cYo&sns=em">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=012sPPQ9cYo&sns=em</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/012sPPQ9cYo">https://youtu.be/012sPPQ9cYo</a><br />
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