THIS IS AN EARLY UNION CIVIL WAR ERA DRUM THAT WAS FOUND IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. IT IS IN ORIGINAL AS FOUND CONDITION WITH NO RESTORATION AND STILL RETAINS THE ORIGINAL SKINS WITH NO HOLES OR TEARS. THE ROPE IS TIGHT AND STILL HAS A COUPLE OF THE LEATHER TENSIONS STILL INTACT. WHEN YOU LOOK THRU THE SMALL PORT HOLE ON THE SIDE THERE IS THE ORIGINAL LABEL THAT READS JOHN F STRATTON MANUFACTURES OF MILITARY BAND INSTRUMENTS 49 MAIDEN LANE NEW YORK. THEY WERE MAKING MILITARY INSTRUMENTS BEFORE AND DURING THE WAR. THE DRUM IS MADE OF BIRDS EYE MAPLE WITH AN ORIGINAL DRY ATTIC SURFACE WITH A PUNCTURE IN THE BARREL NEAR THE BOTTOM AS SHOWN. NICE EARLY MILITARY SNARE DRUM FROM THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD. MEARURES: 14.5″ x 10.75″ TALL.
