*  Pictures and a quote from Moeller's book...

"An incorrect manner of holding the sticks has become

 so general that the pupil may be led by the vast majority in spite of all we can say ... we 

refer to such fine works as"... 

Jon Flocton's Method for the Side Drum - Jean White...........................................Boston, Massachusetts

Tutor for Side Drum - Henry Potter...................................................................................London, England

Otto Langey - Tutor for Side Drum (English Edition) - Hawkes & Son........................London, England

Trommel Shule by Adolph Deutsch - Carl Merseburger................................................Leipzig, Germany

Das Gesammtgebiet der Schlaginstrumente - H. Kling...............................................Hanover, Germany

                                                               - Louis Oertel, Musikverlag..............Hamburg, Germany

Instruments a Percussion - G. Pares, Chez Henry Lemoine et Cie.........................................Paris, France

Methodo Popolare per Tamburo - G. Mariani, Edizioni Ricordi................................................Rome, Italy

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