Most of these snares were steel, but there is a very rare brass version. You should be able to tell from the sound,& weight. Take off one lug. or the snare butt, & look at the cross section of the shell.

The only way to really tell is to put a magnet on the shell. Many of the earlier ones were brass, however I don't think this era offered but one brass sell, and that would have been a Jupiter.

Magnet tells that is a steel shell, but i I dont believe.

I cant find any catalogue with this model - only a 14x5,5'' shell with two stripes around

Those are steel shells. Pearl did not issue an entry level brass after about 72. Sorry, but tat's it.

Magnets never lie.

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Yep, sorry, but that one is steel if the magnet sticks. Some steel shells even LOOK like brass under the chrome, but it isn't. Some of them had a copper or brass look, but it's just the strange steel used in those drums. I've had a few of those and have one on the bench like that right now.

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Triple plating = copper/nickel/chromium

What you're seeing is the copper layer of the triple plating process & the only reason your seeing that is because of the thin layered plating process that MIJ, etc used at that time. If the magnet sticks, it's not brass! Sorry

Copper was used as part of the plating process. Many Ludwig Ludalloy drums have a slight golden glow inside the shell from this process. Likewise the steel Pearl snares. It seem that your drum is, without a doubt , steel. (There is also the factor of the unique weight & voice of a brass snare). Take off a part & check the hole in the shell !