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Civil War era "Irish" Drum - signed , made in Mass
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A piece of history for certain. This is an antique snare drum in easily restorable condition. Drum components are solid. Heads have " stretch " broken - dried out and split. Eyelets holes are t top and bottom - assume for " decoratives " as ropes holding top and bottom are strung thru provided rope holes. Everything else is t and in need of no restoration. Head holders are stained red, sides are clean and of a maple coloring. Strings appear to be original - original head pieces are included for matching purposes. Cut to Federal Specs for snare drums. Snare strings have been cut at the holes, easy to remove and replace. That the heads were broken enabled us to view the inside - rough cut. Hand inscribed inside - see photo - is: ' IRISH drum, made in Oct 1875 at 27 Putnam St by C W Lawson at Marble ( or Marlboro ), Mass. " Snare holder is brass with three dots above the strap eyelet. This piece is screwed ( 2 ) into the head holder. No other nails etc, all glued.
On the torn drum head is the letter A ( and possibly an L followed by Dec. 25 ( no year can be seen but t was one t as you can see a period after w a date would have been ). Appears to have possibly been a Christmas gift to someone. We are not expert appraisers but we do research and we do report on and photo all " warts and issues ". We have seen drums like this for sale for $900 and more, and the cost of the minor restoration work would make this a great collector or reseller investment given our Buy it Now price. Please email with questions BEFORE bidding or buying as we do NOT offer a return policy on items such as this. We respond to all emails and will provide what additional info that we can or more photos if this will assist you. Thank you for looking and for you interest. One additional history note ( we deal in a lot of civil war items ). Obviously from date, this is not a Civil War relic. Could however have been made for a reunion or continuing unit usage e.g for the 2nd Irish Regiment out of Marble Hall, Mass ( part of the NY 69th Irish Brigade ) For all who have been asking, that is not a damage hole in the drum siding, it is a brass sound hole, part of the original drum. To respond to all the questions re the attachment below the metal sound hole on the front of the drum in photo #1, it is the brass attachment piece for the snare strings. It is attached with two ( original ) brass screws and is under a hole ( intentional ) that provided for attachment of the snare strings. Two screws lower and tighten a bar (the one with the three dots) that would hold the loose ends of the snare strings. 
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