22-inch kettledrum.

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Alternative Title

Timpani

Instrument

Kettledrum ; Kettledrum/Kettledrums/Percussion/Musical Instrument

Instrument Family

Percussion

Date Made

Circa 1810

Description

Technical 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 15mm. 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. Signature marks: 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. Specific usage history: Played by Edward Croft-Murray in the 'Guild of Gentlemen Trumpeters' from 1962 to 1977. 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; dents removed and the head replaced by Chas. E. Foote Ltd, May 1980.

Other Information

Specific usage history: Played by Edward Croft-Murray in the 'Guild of Gentlemen Trumpeters' from 1962 to 1977.

Notes

Arnold Myers 7.8.21.

Provenance

2020-2021: 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.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

6574