Field 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.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Old Tompkins Drum Surfaces on Internet (here)

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Bill Reynolds kindly contributed the following pictures of the Tompkins drum in the collection of Campus Martius . " The Campus Martius...
Sunday, April 13, 2008

Known for Banjos, J.H. Buckbee Made Drums Too

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"America's Instrument, The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century" by P. Gura and J. Bollman, The University of North Carolina Press,...
Saturday, April 12, 2008

The Painted Drums of Abner Stevens

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[Ed. Note: Information is collected here from various sources on the Internet for preservation purposes, with little additional information....

1830's Meacham & Pond Eagle Drum and Sticks -- Looks very good

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Ebay item #300215316269 lists: "Up for auction is one of the finest Jacksonian-era American military rope tension eagle snare drums ev...
Sunday, April 6, 2008

9th Mass Infantry Drum by Haynes, Boston

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[Ed. Note: This article was contributed by Mike Sorenson of West Coast Civil War Collectors and appears here with Mike's permission in...
Friday, April 4, 2008

Brass CW Drum with Documents and Provenance Grabs $695 -- even though the drum at auction is not the drum in the photo

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[Ed. Note: This eBay auction ( item #250232602758 ) closed today at $695.00. My opinion: a lot of money for a book, a bit of provenance, an...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Horncollector Snipes Again -- Takes J.& H. Meacham "Type" Drum in Heavily Contested eBay Auction

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FIRST, THE eBAY AUCTION : Making another stealth appearance a mere 6 seconds before eBay's virtual hammer fell on this beauty, Horncolle...
Saturday, March 29, 2008

The Star Drums of the 12th Corps of the Army of the Potomac

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I have a drum in my collection that I've always known is special but I haven't, until now, been able to decode the clues. Here is t...
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