I have two of these conical snare drums. Drum 1 needs just the snare wires with the plastic caps shown in the picture. The plastic caps are broken and the snare wires are in bad shape. This snare has everything else. Drum 2 is missing the total mechanism and snare wires. I hope that its not too confusing but please ask questions if you think that you may have these parts. Thanks so much!!

Dave

The plastic caps you refer to , I usually call the snarewire hanger. I suppose snarewire yoke might do as well. It looks like your wires are a conventional set, with black plastic ends or a broken black Trixon set, missing the sleeve at the end and have been attached to the hanger with snare cord( nylon stuff). While this will work and a lot of Trixon drums are adapted this way, the original settup had the wires seating right into the hanger and being attached with 3cm. pins, which went through the ends of the hanger into the above mentioned sleeve.

Trixon had 6 versions of that hanger , only using the plastic ones for one year(1967). Any of the cast or stamped metal versions function in an identical way and are a more permanent replacement for the plastic ones, which tended to crack.

I might have an extra set of snare hangers----I presume you have the adjusting knobs etc and I can make you up a set or 2 of 26 strand wires.They will have authentic Trixon ends, so you can properly attach them to the hangers and contemporary wires in them.They would essentially be brand new custom made wires. All I can say, about the missing mechanism is-----keep looking but bear in mind what I said before, that one of those for a 14" bottomed drum is much more likely to be found and can be retrofitted to work on the Telstar-----if you're a bit handy. All you have to do is remove and shorten the connecting link and since you already have one , you have a template.

Dave, I understand what you are looking for now.For snare drum one you only ned the Trixon wires with plastic ends and the hangers to put them on the strainers right?. I have a set of these wires with the plastic ends for a 14" drum.If you like i will email you a photo or two of these wires and parts...Mikey

Thanks Mikey777 please send them too [email]dave@southernthumbmusic.com[/email] and price and we will go from there!!

14" wires are for a conventional 14" snare drum. If he truly has a conical snare drum, the snareside of his drum is 13". The wires won't work ,unless they are shortened, which can be done. The wires required are the ones with the grey ends, not the black ones because Trixon stopped using the 18 strand wires in 1964.

Yes the bottom of the snare is 13 and top end is 14. please send pics and price. I have the thorw parts but the plastic hangers are broken on the snare wires which are help in by a pin.

Thanks too you both for the help!!!!!

Dave

I will have to check the wire's and see how long they are.The ends are not Black ends.The ones ihave are the gret color ends....Mikey