eBay seller andrewhorning ( 0 ) [N.B. No experience points -- watch out, be careful.] is offering item no. 260522335466, described as follows:
Undated Lyon & Healey “Monarch” snare drum. Skins in mostly good condition, and are original. The snare side has been patched, and is rough/ a little dried out. Leather tug ring sleeves replaced at some point, and the old cord also looks too good to be original. Rawhide snare cords original; one pair pulled through (original) leather retainer. Everything else is too good to restore, with a great museum patina.
I have a drum very similar to this in my collection, recently sympathetically restored by George Kubicek of Yonkers, New York:
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This info was added April 19, 2011:
I've had another Monarch drum in my collection and it's virtually identical to the "Bell Drum" featured above. Since I have one already, and I've restored it, I will be offering this drum for sale on eBay soon.
Henry Kleber gave piano lessons to Stephen Foster. Kleber's company's label is in the drum. It reads:
from
H. KLEBER & BRO.
DEALER OF
PIANOS & ORGANS
and
GENERAL MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
506 WOOD STREET
PITTSBURGH, P.A.
And this is what it could look like:
A similar drum is featured in this 1910 postcard photo. (See the drum to the far right.)
I have a drum identical to this one (no bell). Orig. leather tugs, very good patina, no top skin, I would like information as to value. Thanks
ReplyDeleteYou might want to watch the eBay auction. That should provide a fairly good idea of value, at least in the eBay market.
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