COLLECTION NAME:
MIMEd (Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh)
Record
Work Record ID:
0033989
ID Number:
2379
Title:
22½-inch kettledrum.
Title Notes:
Single handle tuning.
Imprint:
Cable tuning system of Cornelius Ward 1937 patent. Tuning is by a single handle with spring lever engaging a ratchet and indicating a number on the tuning gauge; tuning handle on side operates a metal shaft with 2 screw threads of opposite sense; two threaded metal cross pieces tension the cable which, via pulleys, tensions the skin. One of a pair, the other being a 22½ inch kettledrum. Purchased with assistance from the Government's Local Museums Purchase Fund, 1984 (Blades Collection).
Creator:
Potter, George
Date:
Circa 1850
Description:
Technical description: Cavalry drum with copper shell; release hole at bottom of bowl; 3 brass loops for carriage straps; 3 fixed legs. Tuning is by a single handle with spring lever engaging a ratchet and indicating a number on the tuning gauge; tuning handle on side operates a metal shaft with 2 screw threads of opposite sense; two threaded metal cross-pieces mounted on screwed rod, each end of both cross-pieces fitted with a pulley; eight laterally-mounted pulley wheels in frames in the bowl with tangential axles; four circumferential external pulleys with radial axles mounted on exterior of bowl; at each of the eight tensioning points there is a hook which is attached to the outside of the flesh hoop and passes through the skin, with loosely mounted pulley on each hook.
Measurement:
572.
Measurement:
375.
Measurement:
8.
Production Place:
Aldershot
Production Place:
Europe
Production Place:
England
Production Place:
United Kingdom
Repository:
MIMEd
Repository:
Blades Collection
Repro Link ID:
0033989c-0001
Repro File Type:
Derivative JPEG
Repro Title:
22½-inch kettledrum (George Potter) : QUARTER VIEW-QFT, CUT FROM MULTIPLE
Repro Creator Name:
Antonia Reeve
Repro Rights Statement:
© The University of Edinburgh
Repro Publication Status:
Full public access
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