Hi,
This is my Triple Hybrid Snare Drum. A Project I started some time ago. Initially, I had a more than badly pitted Tama Royal Star snare drum (10 lugger) from 1978, it's the model 7075 (I've never come across a similar snare drum with that bad condition: seemed to have been located in a steam sauna for years ...). Nevertheless, the lugs, strainer and the hoops were in still quite good condition (= part 1 of the triple hybrid), so I started to look for a (wooden) drum shell, as I already had a beautiful and interesting part of wrap from a Tromsa floor tom (colour: grey slate) since some time laying around (= part 2) .
Found a stripped shell (= part 3) in another forum: a 14" x 10" Sonor Phonic tom with 9 layers of beechwood, made in the 80's. With the assistance of a mate it was cut down to a 5" deep snare shell, using that part of the shell with as little as possible holes from the previous version. Filled all holes with small pieces of a beech bar. The major hole from the previous tom holder system was filled with a fitting inlay part, made out of the rest of the shell. Finally put wrap and hardware parts on.
Placing the fixing screws was a little bit tricky: they were dedicated for use in a metal shell - and therefore much too short for this Sonor shell (thickness: 10 mm). As their thread was a rare British one and not available in small quantities (needed 20 pieces, minimum order qty: 300 to 500 pieces ...), I had to enlarge the holes for the screws from inside of the shell up to a diameter, so that the fixing screw head fitted in and already disappeared in it. Done.
This snare drum is a little beast: it weighs 3.7 kgs and sounds really pretty good.
Pics.
Before ...
[IMG]http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee346/PaisteStar/Triple_Hybrid_zps8228bb7a.jpg[/IMG]
And after:
[IMG]http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee346/PaisteStar/Triple_Hybrid_Snare_zps5671d0d6.jpg[/IMG]
... inside with view to the inlay and the 2 mm deep snare bed:
[IMG]http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee346/PaisteStar/Triple_Hybrid_Snare_3_zps275ada6e.jpg[/IMG]
Ralf
