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I built two of these for a reenactment we have at Fort Davidson in Pilot Knob MO every three years. I copied a drum I found a picture of on an antiques website up northeast. I changed the company to a MO outfit, so this is not an accurate reproduction. The Mozart company were German as it turns out…I just thought the maker of the original liked Mozart, but a sharp eyed history buff set me straight!
These are real simple, with oak bracing inside a luan shell. I planed one ply off 1/4 luan, making it flop around like a wet rag. The hoops are oak, with deer skin heads. The hardware that tensions the snares was cast from brass on one drum, and aluminum on the other. I had no idea what I was doing, but they seemed to work. I wound up with one of ‘em, looks good under the Christmas tree!
-- Jon
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Betsy
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posted 314 days ago
Jon – I think it looks great. History reenactments are great fun as well. I’ve been to a couple of small ones and have always come away awed at the people who put them on.
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TomFran
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posted 314 days ago
Very nice work! They look great.
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Grumpy
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Great job.
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David
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Jon -
Very cool! I will have to show this to my son – he his a huge history buff with an interest in the Revolutionary War and Civil War.
David
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Karson
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posted 313 days ago
Great drum. Looks like fun.
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cajunpen
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Great project – I agree with everyone else – looks like a fun project – Mr. Mozart would be proud.
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RonH
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posted 313 days ago
Great job. That is really cool. Was down in your neck of the woods last weekend. Was in Fredericktown last weekend. Love the area.
JonJ
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posted 313 days ago
Great job. That is really cool. Was down in your neck of the woods last weekend. Was in Fredericktown last weekend. Love the area.
Thanks Ron…It’s funny you were in my neck of the woods last weekend. I was in Arnold last weekend, taking a nap in the car while my wife was shopping at Kohl’s.
-- Jon
JonJ
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posted 313 days ago
Jon -
Very cool! I will have to show this to my son – he his a huge history buff with an interest in the Revolutionary War and Civil War.
David
David,
If you would want a sketch of how I built it, I could get something together. I bet it could be built for less than $50, even if synthetic fiberskin drum heads were used. That was the messiest part, dehairing the deer skin and scraping it. Synthetic heads look like real rawhide, but without all the prep, and they are not affected by humidity.
-- Jon
Chip
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posted 312 days ago
Beautiful, beautiful work Jon. Thanks for letting us see it.
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