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Sunday, February 1, 2015

1890 Lyon & Healy Snare Drum on Exhibit at Musical Instrument Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona

The Musical Instrument Museum (Scottsdale, Arizona) is running a special exhibition on drums of the world through June 21, 2015. An elaborately inlaid 1890 Lyon & Healy snare drum donated to the museum by the publisher of FieldDrums blog is part of the exhibit. See Musical Instrument Museum Receives Two 1890 Lyon & Healy Drums, this blog, October 30, 2009.

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AnonymousFebruary 2, 2015 at 12:08 PM
It's extremely important that as many museum visitors as possible get to see these drums and gain an enhanced appreciation for them as both musical icons and cultural art.

Thanks, Ellis.

Frank Dorritie
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