NAM ยท 1959-08-5-1

Tenor drum

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Description

Military tenor drum with emblazoned wooden shell and wooden counterhoops, 21-inch skin heads, rope-tensioned with British style leather braces (white with vellum lace), and plaited drag rope. The counterhoops have 11 drilled holes through which the tensioning rope passes. The overlapped shell seam is reinforced with brass tack pattern. The batter head has 3 brass feet. Used by the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment.

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