Drum
Carriage, French - Unavailable until further notice.
Made of English Buff leather, this 4 inch wide sling extends up the chest, over
the shoulder to where it tapers to 3 inches wide, and down the back. The narrow leather straps stitched to the
tips of the sling are tied to the drum. A matching leather drumstick keeper
is stitched to the front. So I can make this carriage the proper size please provide me with a measurement taken from where the bottom of the carriage (and top of the drum) is to be, up the chest, over the shoulder, and down the back to the other end of the carriage and drum. |
Drum
Carriage , British, black leather - Unavailable until further notice.
English Buff leather - Unavailable until further notice.
Made in accordance with Cuthbertson's specifications (pg.104, XXXVI) "The
Drum carriages...should be of buff leather, the Breadth and colour of the
Sword Belts...and as a carriage slung from the neck, places the Drum more
conveniently for the performance of the beatings, than hanging it from the
shoulder...two leather loops, about half an inch broad, should be stitched
on each side of them, at the distance of a foot asunder to run the Drumsticks
thro'." "...the Loops on the Drum-majors Belt to be entirely on
the left side..." This 2 inch wide carriage is available in black
leather and buff leather.
At the base of the sling is a hand forged steel J-shaped hook sewn into two layers of leather from which the drum is suspended. An optional proper brass buckle ($12.00) can be attached
behind the neck for adjusting sling height. So I can make this carriage the proper size please provide me with a measurement taken from where the hook is to be, up the chest, around the neck, and back down the chest to the hook. For an adult this measurement will likely be approximately 60 inches. If this carriage is for a drum major please let me know so I can sew the drumstick loops in the proper place.
Note: the style of drum carriage that uses a ring instead of a hook does not seem to have been used until the 1880's when it first appears in the catalogues of Henry Potter & Co. They supplied the British army with drums since the early 1800's. |
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Fife Sling -
Brown or black leather - Unavailable until further notice.
English Buff leather - Unavailable until further notice.
Made of 40" x 3" leather with 8 feet of ¼" diameter
linen rope. See Sketchbook '76, pg 43. This sling can be made with
leather loops for rope, instead of holes in the sling, upon request.
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