Models
Every model, most significant first.
16 models
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DW Collector's Series Maple Snare
Flagship custom maple snare drum
Percussion · United States
DW's Collector's Series Maple snare is built from hand-selected North American maple as a 10-ply VLT shell with 6-ply reinforcement rings, 60-degree bearing edges, Turret lugs, True-Pitch tension rods, 3.0mm True-Hoops, and a MAG throw-off, customizable in any Custom Shop finish.
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Pork Pie Little Squealer
Shallow snare in birch and mahogany
Percussion · United States
The Little Squealer is a shallow birch and mahogany snare that became Pork Pie's most widely sold drum: cheap enough to be a second snare and sharp enough to be a first one.
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Leedy Broadway Standard
Pre-war American professional snare
Percussion · United States
The Broadway Standard was Leedy's professional snare through the 1920s and 1930s, and its mechanical strainer designs are the ancestors of most of what followed.
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Craviotto Solid Shell Snare
One plank, steam-bent, one seam
Percussion · United States
Craviotto's snares are steam-bent from a single plank of maple, birch, walnut, or cherry, leaving one vertical seam and no glue lines through the shell. They are loud, dry, and dated and signed by the builder.
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Q Drum Co. Copper Snare
Hand-formed copper shell
Percussion · United States
Q Drum Co.'s copper snares are formed and seamed in the shop, with a warmer, darker voice than brass and a finish that changes as the drum is played.
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Rogers Dyna-Sonic
The snare with a floating snare frame
Percussion · United States
The Dyna-Sonic suspends its snare wires in a separate frame that touches the head under controlled tension rather than being pulled across it, which gives an unusually even response at low volume. It is one of the few genuinely original snare designs of the twentieth century.
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A&F Raw Brass Snare
Unplated rolled brass, left to patina
Percussion · United States
A&F's raw brass snares ship unlacquered so the shell darkens with handling, and the drums are built with single-flange hoops and minimal hardware. They are as much objects as instruments, which is the point.
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Slingerland Radio King
Solid one-ply maple shell, cut from a single plank
Percussion · United States
The Radio King's shell is one piece of steam-bent solid maple rather than laminated plies, and the drum's crack — dry, loud, and quick to decay — is the sound of American swing drumming. It has been reissued repeatedly and copied constantly.
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Ludwig Supraphonic
Seamless aluminum snare drum family
Percussion · United States
Ludwig's seamless chrome-plated aluminum snare drum family (LM400/LM402), widely regarded as one of the most recorded snare drums in history, with a bright, crisp attack and balanced resonant crack.
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Ludwig Acrolite
Aluminum-shell snare drum
Percussion · United States
Introduced in 1963, the Ludwig Acrolite is built on a 1.6mm seamless aluminum shell with 45-degree bearing edges, triple-flanged steel hoops, and a P88 throw-off, giving a dry, cracking tone that made the student-priced drum a professional favorite.
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Ludwig Black Magic
Black-nickel-over-brass snare drum
Percussion · United States
The Ludwig Black Magic snare is built around a beaded brass shell coated in black nickel, with black-nickel tube lugs and 2.3mm steel triple-flanged hoops; a mirror-polished stainless steel version is also offered. Common sizes include 14x5, 14x6.5, and 13x7.
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Ludwig Black Beauty
Seamless brass snare drum family
Percussion · United States
Ludwig's iconic Black Beauty snare drum family, built from a single seamless sheet of brass hydroformed into a beaded shell with black-nickel plating, prized for a warm, powerful, focused tone with strong projection.
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Gretsch USA Custom Snare
Maple/gum-shell custom snare drum
Percussion · United States
Gretsch's USA Custom snare uses the 6-ply Gretsch-formula maple/gum shell with a 30-degree bearing edge, the exclusive Silver Sealer interior, and 4mm die-cast hoops, built to order in Ridgeland, South Carolina, in any USA-palette finish.
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Camco Aristocrat
Camco's professional wood snare
Percussion · United States
The Aristocrat was Camco's standard professional snare, a thin maple shell with the company's own strainer, and one of the drums whose reputation kept the brand's name alive after the factory closed.
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Slingerland Artist Model
Three-ply Slingerland snare of the 1960s and 1970s
Percussion · United States
The Artist Model was Slingerland's mainstream professional snare after the solid-shell era: three-ply maple and mahogany with a reinforcement ring, and the company's clam-shell strainer.
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Rogers Powertone
The Dyna-Sonic's conventional sibling
Percussion · United States
The Powertone used the same shells and hardware as the Dyna-Sonic with a conventional strainer and snare bed, which made it cheaper, louder, and — to some drummers — the better rock drum of the two.