Tama Power Metal Series Snare (90's)

 I picked this 6.5 x 14 Tama snare a couple of years back, but one lug was damaged in shipping. It took me two years to find a replacement "Sure Tune" lug; I eventually found some through another member of DrumForum who had a set taken from a steel snare of the same vintage. I'd originally thought it might be a PB series snare from the 90's, but it appears to be a PM 326 from the early 1990's.

Walnut-Maple-Walnut 7 x 14

 Just finished this snare up yesterday. It's built on a 7 x 14 shell, 5 plies of walnut and maple, from Stone Custom Drum (purchased it from another builder). Simple tung oil finish inside and out. All new hardware from Drum Factory Direct.

Kent Snare - Work in Progress - Now Completed

A few months ago I lucked into this 5.5 x 14 Kent snare on eBay. Kent was a drum company in Upper New York State that built reasonably good quality, reasonably priced drums. This snare has a very good maple shell, with well cut bearing edges and snare beds, and a really nice red sparkle wrap that is still bright and tight on the shell.It had a broken snare strainer (not uncommon, apparently), eyelet lugs, and what appear to be COB single flange hoops. I've decided to install Champagne lugs and an Ayotte strainer (this strainer has a variable spacing for the screws) and am not drilling any new (or larger holes). I'm also leaving the bearing edges and snare beds, as they are just fine. I'll be hanging on to the original hardware. I'm waiting on some clips from DrumFactoryDirect, and will be completing the snare as soon as I get them. Stay tuned ...
Updated - finished it up last weekend (March 4) and I was happy with how it turned out. And no sooner had I finished it than I sold it (and passed along the old hardware with it). 

1960's Ludwig Acrolite

This is the third Acrolite I've owned. Every drummer should have one - at least. All original as far as I can tell.