I had that drum in my hands at the Hollywood V&C Show for the Ludwig 100th Anniversary dvd interview...they wouldn't let me take it...Sumo DudeSumo DudeSumo Dude

Mike Curotto

What's your thought on something like this?

Should it be played if you're booked at say, Carnegie Hall

or is this quite simply art?

Watching the New Year's Day Barrett / Jackson marathon

( whilst making Christmas '08 past ) it struck me that

most of the beauties on the block were bought in their day

and well, driven.

Car Driving2

Finally! A good-looking "new" (?) snare drum! Wow. Everything old is new again! That's really beautiful.

Roscoe, I would say it's 99% art and 1% utilitarian. It could be played, but would God and the angels appear as a result? Would it "blow away" every other snare drum on the planet in terms of sound? Honestly, I would be afraid to play it to find out. What if it just sounded like an average snare drum? God forbid! heh heh But, it's definitely not an average snare drum, that's for sure!

A photograph of a drum like that would do me just as well, since I wouldn't be able to play it, either!:D