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Lot 395
[CIVIL WAR]. Snare drum. Manufactured by Firth, Pond & Co., New York, NY. 
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$1,000 - 1,500
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$750
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[CIVIL WAR]. Snare drum. Manufactured by Firth, Pond & Co., New York, NY. 

13 5/16 in. height; 16 1/2 in. diameter maple snare drum with hoops and rims painted red (mars and digs, general signs of field use), both original drumheads intact (a few short tears at edges), original rope fasteners, 6 original leather tighteners (some losses, cracking to leather), original gut snares. Interior original paper label: "From / Firth, Pond & Co., / Importers, Manufacturers, and Dealers in / Musical Instruments, Publishers of Music, &c. / No. 547 Broadway, New-York." 

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