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*ITEMS PRESENTLY UNAVAILABLE*
Drums
French Napoleonic Brass
Drum (Calf Skin Heads)
Our replica is based on an
original drum captured from the 34e Regiment de ligne at the battle of Arroyo de Molinos
on October 28th, 1811.
In that battle, the British 34th Regiment of Foot captured
its French counterpart including the Drum Major and the Drums.
To make this
occasion, the British 34th Regiment's Drummers played the captured French drums throughout
a good part of the 19th Century before being retired into the Regiment's museum.
This model of
drum was used in the French Army from the American Revolution to the end
of the Napoleonic era. Each rope tension snare drum has the attractive
red/white/blue diamond design painted its hoops. Same size and
construction as the originals.
If you are not a reenactor drummer,
they make perfect coffee or end tables for the den of the Military Heritage Connoisseur.
Shell
brass shell measures 15 inches
in diameter and 11 inches in depth (add the size of the hoops to this measurement)
the brass used is referred to
as musical brass as it has a small percentage of gold in its composition
Hoops
made of hardwood with 10
drilled holes
painted with a durable enamel
can be custom painted
different colours or patterns if you wish
width of hoop is 1 3/4 inches
Heads
Price
MUS-001...........
unavailable
British and US Army
Wooden Drums (Calf-Skin Heads included)
Other companies will sell you
drums with 14 inch diameter heads and 12 inch deep shells, but they are too small for the
time period!
Do you want to spend all that money and find out it is not right?
With our drum You get the RIGHT size at the RIGHT price.
Shell
this hardwood laminated shell
measures 16 inches in diameter and 16 inches in depth (add the size of the hoops to this
measurement).
A hardwood ply or laminate chosen over solid because of continual
cracking problems experienced historically
air vent hole drilled, stained
Walnut, and sealed
Hoops
made of hardwood with 10
drilled Holes
painted with a durable enamel
can be custom painted
different colours if you wish
width of hoop is 1 3/4 inches
Heads
Price
MUS-002............ unavailable
Other Sizes of Wooden
Drums (Calf-Skin Heads included)
If you wish a different size
wooden drum we sell the following in the same quality as above (measurements of shell):
Coming Soon
British
Brass Drums (1790-1870) Required by any regiment being stationed in India,
the brass became favoured by other regiments and inspection returns and surviving examples
show that a number were being used in the British Army both in North America in 1812 and
in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo.
We are presently studying a couple of
originals for details. If you are interested and would like to keep informed on their
development simply e-mail us.
Comments on Tuning
Normal conditions such as
humidity will slacken the calf skin heads.
It is necessary to tighten the calf skin
heads to get a crisper sound.
As any drummer will tell you, this is the sacrifice
you make to get a historically sounding drum!
Switching to plastic heads is an
alternative for you but we do not sell them because they are not historically correct.
Bugles
 Brass Light Infantry Bugles
Introduced near the end of the
Napoleonic Wars, this bugle saw extensive use throughout the British Army for the entire
19th Century.
When not in use this item makes an excellent display piece,
particularly at Christmas time.
Many reproductions are a combination of copper and
brass, but the one we are offering is ALL brass.
This style also saw service in the
American Civil War.
Comes with photocopies of British Napoleonic period duty calls
from an original manual.
MUS-003.....................................SOLD
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