Mapex double tom drum stand used by Will Calhoun: Museum Object and Cultural History
Mapex double tom drum stand used by Will Calhoun: Date: 2005. Manufactured by: Mapex, Taiwanese, founded 1989. Used by: Will Calhoun, American, born 1964.
The object in the museum catalogue
A silver metal TH682 double tom holder and arm set played by Will Calhoun in performances with the band Living Colour. The stand had two mounting rods attached to a ball-and-pivot rotation mechanism. The main shaft of the mounting hardware extends to a metal fixture to which the mounting arms are attached. There are screws at the fixture joint and at the top of the mounting heads to make adjustments and extensions to the hardware. Raised lettering stamped into the metal in several places reads [MAPEX ®].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2005
- Manufactured by: Mapex, Taiwanese, founded 1989
- Used by: Will Calhoun, American, born 1964
- Subject of: Living Colour, American, founded 1984
- Type: stands (support furniture)
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: Collapsed: 15 × 7 × 4 in. (38.1 × 17.8 × 10.2 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Popular music
- Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
- Object number: 2015.14.8
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Will Calhoun
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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