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Friday, December 18, 2009

Lyon & Healey “Monarch” snare drum

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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2 Comments:

At February 23, 2010 6:57 AM , Anonymous said...: 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
At February 23, 2010 4:30 PM , Ellis said...: You 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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