English made tambourine, circa 1840
Hand painted bentwood frame, brass ring and animal skin drum head.
Six pairs of brass jingles, one half pair missing, and thumb hole.
Four tensioning screws with wing nuts extend full depth of instrument.
Diameter 12'' or 305mm, height 2,3/16'' or 55mm, weight 423 grams.
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Between 1780-1840, the tambourine was popular briefly in the salon music of England and even had locally based composers and tambourine builders, such as organist Joseph Dale, Sr. (1750-1821) along with his son Joseph Dale, Jr., Thomas Bolton, the German Daniel Gottlieb Steibelt (1765-1823), and the Italian builder/composer Tebaldo Monzani, and composers G.P. Salner, Arthur Betts, Giacomo Ferrari, Joseph Mazzinghi, and Muzio Clementi. The music these composers wrote for tambourine involved a graphic notation that called for highly specialized techniques with up to 30 different strokes (some for show) that involved different types of ru
...bbing (bafs), twirling, and striking. Dale composed eight waltzes that included this specialized tambourine playing as well as The Favorite Grand Sonata, for Piano Forte and Tambourine, with Accompaniments for a Flute, Violin and Bass, Opus 18 (1800). Tambourines in England at this time had a thumbhole spinner that allowed the drum to spin freely around the thumb of the holding hand, an effect called for in the notation.
N. Scott Robinson
''Frame Drums and Tambourines''
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Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA806038
Dateline of this antique is 1850
Height is 5.5cm (2.2inches)Width is 30.5cm (12.0inches)Depth is 30.5cm (12.0inches)
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