Poppy, great leedy drum. what size is it??, the way the snare work's are you need gut snare's and they are held with a rubber or leather guide that you will run the gut snares thur it, the snare gate off the rim and the snare strainer will hold them in place, i'm looking for a pair to photo for you, do you understand my rambling??

lol I do not understand your rambling. It's a 12X7

Hell i didn't understand it myself and i typed it!!!!!Hurting i'm looking as we type!!

Start by putting the hoops on the drum and tensioning them. Now imagine a half a popsicle stick with a row of holes drilled in it, and several pieces of cat gut or wire starting from the throw (which isn't a throw but just a tensioner), going through the snare-gate slots in the hoop and the holes in the popsicle stick, and back to the tensioner where they get clamped down. When the tensioner is tightened, the wires will pull the popsicle stick against the snare-gate slot in the hoop, but won't pull it through, and the wires will be against the bottom head. It will sound muddy - it isn't going to sound like a modern snare drum, but it never did.

I think they actually used leather instead of wood as the "popsicle stick". I've seen pics of this arrangement on the web somewhere; I bet you can find it if you search.

Thanks guys! I have been searching the net and found nothing so far.

Poppy....here you go!!

Poppy this is what I was trying to describe to you???Cool1

Poppy take a LOOK at this, is this what you need the post above this one????

looks like excatly what i need! Thanks!