ive always felt like anything deeper than 8 would be considering for other purposes than kit playing, such as marching. just my thoughts though..

mike

I used to feel that a "marching" drum was at least a 10x14 or 12x15 drum. But, that was when I first started playing in the high school marching band...in 1969! I've learned allot since then and have seen marching drums in almost any size. I've got a beautiful 1930's Slingerland marching drum that is a 10x13. A quick trip to Disneyland shows some of the bands using a 5x14 as a marching drum. Heck, slap a strap on it and I guess it's a marching drum!

Mark

I bought a 6.5x14 WFL snare drum from a woman in her 80"s. It has a sling attachment on a tension rod. Came with 2 slings and a folder full of sheets of old marching music. She said her husband marched with the drum for years up until his death. I'm leaving the drum exactly as it was when she sold it to me.

In my small town the schools can't afford any fancy marching drums so they get by with what they can. I see lots of Acro's marching by. Even saw someone marching with a vistalite once.

Steve

Thanks for all the interesting replies. Seems that it's a pretty subjective issue. I sort of ventured the question because I was also interested whether many folk use marching snares with their kits. I sometimes see really nice old Radio King marching snare come up on Ebay and wondered about buying one for use with my kit. In the early 80s I used a Premier chrome marching snare with my Rogers XP8 kit. I recall that it sounded and looked pretty good - but I may be wrong looking back on it now!