Model
Canopus Zelkova
Solid keyaki-shelled snare
The Zelkova snare is turned from solid Japanese zelkova (keyaki), a dense hardwood used in temple construction, giving a hard, focused crack quite unlike a ply shell.
Category
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Snare Drums
Snare drums and snare drum model families, including metal-shell and wood-shell snares.
Made by
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Canopus
Canopus builds in Tokyo with an unusually explicit vintage brief: thin shells, reinforcement rings, and a parts catalogue — bearing edges, hoops, snare wires — sold to drummers rebuilding other makers' drums. The Zelkova and Yaiba lines are its best known.
Live listings on Reverb
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2026 Like-New: Canopus hollowed out Zelkova 14x5 snare, with new Japan-only semi-hard Canopus case, more!
$1,850 · Excellent
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Canopus Zelkova Snare Drum 14"×5" [HS-1450] 2026
$1,852.22 · Brand New
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Canopus Zelkova exotic wood 14X6.5" Snare Drum
$1,799.99 · Good
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Canopus Zelkova 13x6.5 RARE Snare Drum serial #00003
$2,500 · Very Good
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Canopus HS-1465 Zelkova Ninja Black Snare Drum / Straight Brass Hoops 6.5"x14"
$1,812.67 · Brand New
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Canopus - HS-1465 - Zelkova 6.5x14 Snare Drum - Ninja Black Lacquer
$2,264.60 · Brand New
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