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Big Bertha Drum (Classic)

Big Bertha Drum (Classic)

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She’s about 8 feet wide and 500 pounds. And her history spans all the way from the stockyards of Chicago... to a nuclear test during the Manhattan Project...to a stadium at the University of Texas at Austin. 

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Big Bertha Drum (Classic)

Big Bertha Drum (Classic)

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