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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George Way Aristocrat
Way's snare, rebuilt from the original drawings
Percussion
The revived George Way Aristocrat is built to the designer's original shell and lug specifications — thin maple, rounded edges, and the distinctive elongated lug — by the Vancouver shop that owns the name.
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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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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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Hendrix Stave Snare
Vertical-stave wood shells
Percussion · Canada
Hendrix builds snares from vertical staves rather than plies, so the grain runs the height of the shell, and machines the lugs and strainers for them in the same shop.
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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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Pearl Free Floating
Shell-isolated snare drum system
Percussion · Japan
Pearl's Free Floating snare uses a design in which the shell is completely isolated from the hardware so it can resonate freely; it is offered in aluminum, brass, stainless steel, maple, and mahogany/maple shells with die-cast hoops and Pearl's Click-Lock strainer.
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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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Canopus The Maple
Thin maple snare with vintage-spec edges
Percussion · Japan
"The Maple" is Canopus's standard professional wood snare: a thin maple shell, rounded bearing edges, and the company's own throw-off, in the sizes the vintage catalogue used.
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Sonor Artist Series Snare
German-made snares in wood and metal
Percussion · Germany
The Artist Series is Sonor's à la carte snare catalogue: maple, beech, birch, and vintage-spec shells alongside bronze and brass, all built in Germany to the same hardware specification.
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A&F Pancake Snare
A very shallow auxiliary snare
Percussion · United States
The Pancake is a shallow snare — often under two inches deep — designed to sit beside a main drum for a high, sharp accent, and it turned into one of A&F's most copied formats.
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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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British Drum Co. Bluebird
Maple snare with cast hoops
Percussion · United Kingdom
The Bluebird is the company's standard professional snare: a maple shell, cast hoops, and the in-house throw-off, built alongside the Legend kits in Merseyside.
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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.