Images from the Study-Storage Collections Swiss Side Drum, ca. 1750 Click on any image below to see a larger image NMM 7405.  Side drum, Switzerland, ca. 1750. Paper repair label inside drum: Renoviert per / H Rieder Dambour / A[o] 1804. Warped walnut shell, measuring between 335mm and 347mm (ca. 14") x 350mm to 360mm (ca. 14-1/2"). Shell decorated with a brass tack and etching design forming concentric circles and a six-pointed star. Eight leather tugs. Walnut rims, each with eight drilled holes through which the rope passes. Brass J-hook snare adjuster, metal screw opposite over which the snares loop. Board of Trustees, 1999. Details of Vent Hole and Snare Screw   Click arrow to continue Study-Storage Collections Tour Go to Study-Storage Collections Tour Index Go to Virtual Gallery Tour Index Go to Checklist of European and American Rope-Tension Snare Drums National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 2007 Most recent update:   September 25, 2007 You are the 1,494th visitor to this page since March 6, 2007. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page