Show LAYING THE BASS take musician to handle the inastri In ment properly the bass drummer Is ono of the most important of a band eald david L dark of chicago at the I 1 am belling musical instruments and I 1 tell you that the music furnished by a band depends ae much upon the quality and playing ot the big bass drum as upon the quality and playing of any one instrument the best bass drummer in the world to day is a philadelphia man 1 can not think ot his name just now al though I 1 know it as well as I 1 know my own and he gets as high a salary aa any musician in the world who Is not a soloist the beat ot the bass drum la the very backbone 0 music it it Is in the least uncertain or wavering the rest of the band will be uncertain and wavering and the result would be discord there la a great difference in drums too it depends upon the material and the workmanship in manufacture A poor drum may have will soon become dead and flat while the right tone tor a short timo but it a good instrument will like a violin improve with age milwaukee ala coasin |