Walberg & Auge Snare Drum: Museum Object and Cultural History
Walberg & Auge Snare Drum: date made: 1903-1910. Object Name: drum. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This snare drum was made by Walberg & Auge in Worcester, Massachusetts, around 1903-1910. It has a stained wood shell and skin heads. The hoops are made of wood and have 14 sets of metal hooks for rope which is laced through leather ears, used to tighten the hoops. The drum has a metal screw device to activate the gut snares.
This drum was used by William T. Armstrong (1879-1965), orchestra leader and musician in vaudeville and silent film theaters. Armstrong grew up in South River, New Jersey and began playing drums at the age of 14. He continued his musical career through the mid-1910s, after which, Armstrong began work in banking and finance. This artifact is part of a collection of drums, sound effect instruments, and other percussion instruments used by Armstrong.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1903-1910
- Object Name: drum
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- place made: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- ID Number: 1984.0335.03
- accession number: 1984.0335
- catalog number: 1984.0335.03
- Credit Line: Gift of Pamela A. Carlin and Evelyn A. Mark in memory of William T. Armstrong
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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