18-inch kettledrum.
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Alternative TitleTimpani |
InstrumentKettledrum ; Kettledrum/Kettledrums/Percussion/Musical Instrument |
Instrument FamilyPercussion |
Date MadeCirca 1810 |
DescriptionTechnical description: copper bowls; simple release hole at bottom of bowl; with three bracket feet terminating in knobs. With painted iron or steel counter-hoop depth 10mm. The tensioners are of iron or steel attached to the bowl by brackets with brass bolts, each tensioner has two hooks to the counter-hoop; the brass nuts have two notches, tuned by an iron or steel tuning hammer with hollow shaft and two prongs to engage with the nuts. Skin head. Painted in two places "WORCESTER LOCAL MILITIA" in a garter surrounding the monogram "GR". Decoration: painted apple green with, in two places, a crown above the garter; the counter-hoop painted with red and white bands. Repair History: Restored to playing condition by the Len Hunt Drum Co., 1959; the apple green re-painted matching traces of the original paint, and the heraldry slightly re-touched, between 1959 and 1963; repaired by Chas. E. Foote Ltd, October 1976. Specific usage history: Played by Edward Croft-Murray in the 'Guild of Gentlemen Trumpeters' from 1962 to 1977. |
Other InformationSpecific usage history: Played by Edward Croft-Murray in the 'Guild of Gentlemen Trumpeters' from 1962 to 1977. |
NotesArnold Myers 7.8.21. |
Provenance2020-2021: Rosalind Sharples (née Croft-Murray); 1980-2020: Jill Croft-Murray (d. 22 May 2020); 1959-1980: Edward Croft-Murray (b. 1 September 1907, d. 18 September 1980, Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum 1954-73); purchased from H. Thurston Beer (Antique dealer, Hereford) 22 August 1959 (#24/0/0 for the pair); previously in the possession of Ferdinando Dudley Henry Lea Smith, 13th Baron Dudley (b. 1910, d. 1972); probably Ferdinando Dudley William Lea (b. 1872, d. 1936); Major Ferdinando Dudley Lea-Smith (b. 1834, d. 1905); and Lieut.Col. Ferdinando Smith (b. 1779, d. 1841), commandant of the City of Worcester Militia in 1808. ; Lent by A. Myers. |
CollectionMIMEd |
Accession Number6573 |