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Fast work, patience, and binder's twine were enough to rig the ailing Harvard Band drum into shape for the game today at Cornell. When the eight foot drum nearly collapsed two days ago, undergraduate Band manager Alan S. Novick '55 feared that the decaying instrument would stay home for the first time in 27 years...
...really going to take care of that drum," Novick said. So traveling with the Band will be a number of drum-guards and a specially padded truck to ward off any possible damage. Meanwhile, the Band members are on the lookout for a cow with enough skin to replace the present drumhead...
...with drum or no, the band will make the trip to Cornell, to play and as usual to entertain at halftime with such stunts as a parody of different types of bands. Over 150 of the 171 members of the band will make the trip to Ithaca...
...eight-foot bass drum, hallmark of the Harvard Band, may have to remain in Cambridge for repairs. Undergraduate band manager Alan S. Novick '55, announced yesterday that the instrument, largest bass drum in use in the world, needs new supports and a thorough check...
...drum heads, made of outsize cow, hides, are also in poor condition, and may soon need replacement...