Sorry forgot the pics:-) here we go

THXS

It was made by Deri. The date is a bit difficult because they stopped using square t-rod heads around 1957 or so but this drum ,probably predates that somewhat.

COOLClapping Happy2 thxs again! What would be the actual value of a snare like this?

regards

Christian

The German companies all made traditional drums like this, ----shallow snares ,often used for marching,with floating heads, until quite recently, so there are quite a few around ,in parts of Europe. In order to tune them properly , the heads have to have an equal tensile strength or even better, a heavier bottom than top head , otherwise the snare head will overtension. This wasn't much of a problem , until plastic heads came along , with most of these drums being fitted with calfskin anyway, which can be tweaked a little easier but then needing tweaking more often, too. The top only tuners, made a quick tune easy, even while marching and lot of them came fitted with permanent handled T-rods. Many of them had 6 points of adjustment and a simple throw or threaded snare control but this one is fairly top shelf.

With 8 adjusters , a decent parallel drop throw, a brass shell( I am guessing) and those excellent Dresdner style hoops, it might have been targeted more as a mid-range orchestral snare, or possibly one aimed at ease of quick tuning in an out door orchestra venue. You should measure it because it might be 36 cm., possibly even 38.

Certainly best , with calf heads ; I would think, it might be valued at as high as 100 E. , maybe even better.

Another option for this would be to keep your eyes open for 8 double sided tube lugs. Older t-rods( square would be more fitting) probably could be found and so refitted, it would make a super snare drum----and surprisingly , probably would increase it's value.

Hy calfskin

Thank you for the cool infos:-)

The shell is not brass, it´s a very thin steel shell.There is a Premier Everplay Head on the batter side, but a normal 14" Remo or Evans head would not fit on it.

I will clean it and leave like this because i like the style of the drum and that everting is working great. The extra is that, this snare has a great sound, you would not expect it by looking at it:-)

Thank you buddy for your great infos on Deri Drums;-) I really learnd something today:-)Clapping Happy2Clapping Happy2

Best regards

Christian

I suspected possibly it had a steel shell. Karl Rimmel, one of the partners in Deri, owned a foundry and metal working shop. They did a lot of cast aluminum, molded base metal, steel casting and forming and machining but most of the items that I have seen, that came from that facility( they made parts for many drum companies, including Sonor but probably not Trixon) have not been brass. I have a very nice 10 lug Rimmel 14 x 6 parallel snare -----pretty high end but it has a steel shell too, when everyone else in West Germany at the time ----even Tromsa were using brass.