Models
13 models
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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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Dunnett Titanium Snare
One of the first production titanium shells
Percussion · Canada
Ronn Dunnett was among the first to build titanium snare shells in production, producing a drum that is light, extremely loud, and unusually resistant to choking at high tension.
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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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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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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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Ludwig Supraphonic LM-402
The deep Supraphonic
Percussion · United States
The LM-402 is the LM-400 at 6.5" deep — fatter, a little darker, and the choice when a snare has to carry a track rather than sit inside it. Drummers argue about the pair the way guitarists argue about pickup positions.
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Ludwig Supraphonic LM-400
The 14×5 aluminium snare on more records than any other drum
Percussion · United States
The LM-400 is the 5" Supraphonic: a seamless spun aluminium shell Ludwig called Ludalloy, with the P-85 throw-off. It is bright, cuts through anything, and is close to the default snare sound of recorded music since 1963. The LM-402 is the same drum an inch and a half deeper.
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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 Kompressor
Seamless metal snares in three alloys
Percussion
The Kompressor line is a set of seamless spun shells — aluminium, brass, and steel — in the same sizes, which makes it one of the cleanest ways to hear what a snare shell's metal actually does.
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Canopus Zelkova
Solid keyaki-shelled snare
Percussion · Japan
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.
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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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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.