Description: COULD BE USED AS A COFFEE TABLE - CIVIL WAR LARGE BASS DRUM MADE BY GEORGE KILBOURN NUMBERED 1455 VERY RARE, CIRCA 1860-61ONE, OF THE SKINS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, THE OTHER ONE HAS A SMALL REPAIR. CONDITION GOOD FOR AGE, OVER 160 YEARS OLD, FEW HAVE SURVIVED. SHIPPING IS $130 BECAUSE IT IS A LARGE ITEM, IF LESS I WILL REFUND IF MORE I WILL PAY THE DIFFERENCE. ORIGINALLY WHEN I PURCHASED IT THEY CHARGED ME $450 FOR SHIPPING. SWORDS ARE NOT PART OF THIS AUCTION PART OF A SEPARATE AUCTION. A SIMILAR DRUM SOLD FOR $4000. Bass drum, 30 in. dia., 19 in. ht., with red painted counterhoops, rope tensioners with leather tugs, skin heads. Painted body features panoply of musical instruments and staff notation for Philip Phile's "Hail Columbia." Interior label marked "Bass and Snare / Drums, / Tambourines & Banjos, / Made and Repaired By / George Kilbourn, / At His Premium Drum Factory, / 119 Orange Street, Albany" and numbered "1455" below. Brass tack design is consistent with other examples by this maker. George Kilbourn is listed at this Albany address as early as 1852. This Drum dates around 1861. At the beginning of the war, each infantry company was entitled to 2 "field musicians", one of which was a drummer and one of which was a fifer. A cavalry troop was entitled to two buglers. The regiment (10 companies) was also authorized to have a principal fifer and a principal drummer assigned to the regimental staff, to be in charge of all field musicians. These authorized allotments never changed, although many regiments would,as the war progressed, have fewer than the authorized number of field musicians.At the beginning of the war, each regiment (north and south) was theoretically authorized to also have a marching band. Many or most did not have a band. Where a band existed, it would typically have anywhere from 8 to 16 bandsman, most of whom played brass instruments. The band would have its own drummer or two, including potentially a bass drummer, plus would have a band leader. The band was a completely separate musical organization from the fife & drum corps.In 1862, the Union forces abolished regimental bands as an economy measure (the regimental fife & drum corps was maintained). In place of a regimental band, each brigade (of 5-6 regiments, typically) would have one band, that was authorized 24 bandsmen plus one band leader.
Price: 1385 USD
Location: Chicago Heights, Illinois
End Time: 2023-11-15T23:12:56.000Z
Shipping Cost: 130 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
