You are right - the badge seems to have nothing to do with the drum. The drum looks to have so many extra holes and parts that it is hard to know what it started as. It could easily be a cut down piece of a larger drum. I don't recognize the lugs, but they look English or European to me. Although some drum manufacturers put the lugs for top and bottom head side-by-side like this, I don't recognize these, making me think it is even more likely to be a marching drum or tom that was cut down and the lug holes redrilled.

Amati

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=7694

Mmkay, how about the wood? It's a 3 ply something 3 ply something else. It looks pretty bad, but do you think it's worth putting a little effort in and trying to salvage what's left of it or should I just toss the thing away?

Thanks.

[COLOR="DarkRed"]Luc...I'll buy it from you, don't toss it. PM me and we can discuss.....I have been looking for an Amati snare for a while....more out of curiosity than anything else as they aren't very sought-fter and are actually pretty obscure in the drum world (Amati made bad cymbals but also fairly decent brasswinds).... even though this one may be in iffy shape, I still would be interested.

Cheers.[/COLOR]

Is it possible to determine the type of wood from the photos?

As far as speculations go that is.

Here's its brother: http://hudba.bazos.cz/inzerat/4867003/Virbl-AMATI-se-stojanem.php

So I was wrong about it being cut down - but I don't understand why the lug screws are so messed up - some with big washers, some with none, and big square stains like each lug had an inside plate that is missing. Is there a strainer and butt attached? The wood is too far away to see in your pics, but it looks like a hardwood - maybe a birch similar to scandanavian birch?

Yeah the wood looks pretty beaten up, I can't really say what's been done to it, since I just got it two days ago. There's no strainer on it, no butt, no badge all that's left of the snare are the lugs and the wood.

Can't get a better shot of the wood due to my crappy camera. It's 3 ply dark brown 3 ply soft brown if that helps, although I know it doesn't :D. I-m hoping it's birch.

I'm going to replace the washers and all, do you think I should do anything with the wood or would it be better to just leave it the way it is. Does rust on the wood affect the sound?

Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it.

Hello!

Newer Amati drums were made from beech. I'm not sure about these earlier ones, but I guess there's some beech in it, too. Don't expect big quality.

If you want to restore it, you'll have to have the edges re-cut. Also, Amati snares had somehow wrong bottom edges. Take a look at some good wooden snare-bottom edge is lowered under the strainer. Amatis didn't have it, so it needs to be done, too.

How will it sound after all this? I honestly do not know. I don't know how long it was headless and what else happened to it. I could buy you snare like this, in much better condition, here, but we'd have to figure out a way how you'd pay me-I don't have PayPal.

Have a nice day.