Last June I purchased a vintage-style 3 point strainer from DrumsandSome

for a 6-1/2 x 14 Slingerland bronze shell I was building. Initially, I was

impressed with its design and build quality and said as much on this forum.

I chose it for the vintage vibe over a period correct Slingerland Zoomatic.

This was kind of a big decision since I had to drill the shell for whichever

one I chose and the bolt patterns are dissimilar. I hate extra holes is a drum

so I'm stuck forever with whichever I chose.

Fast forward a couple of months; after very little use, the pivot post that the

strainer arm pivots on pulled out of the main bracket, leaving the strainer

(and the snare) inoperable. This happened at rehearsal rather than a gig

so it wasn't a total loss (luckily, I had another snare with me). The offending

rivet disappeared among the drums, cables, etc. never to be seen again.

The problem seems to be that the pivot (kind of a long rivet) is a press fit

and is not peened over on the back side (see the pivot in a Ludwig P-85 to see

what I'm talking about). Through continued use, it appears the post could loosen

and this may be a problem area in the future for more of these.

I was able to fix this with a shortened 5mm pan head cap screw and a

Nylock nut in place of where the pivot was. If you have a snare with this

throw off, consider this fix so you avoid a potential failure when you can

least afford it.

After this 'update', I'm hopeful that the strainer will perform properly

without further problems.

BTW, I did notify DrumsandSome about this. They asked for pictures (sent)

and they promised to ship a replacement. After several additional emails

asking for an update, I've not received it - pretty disappointed with the

customer service. On the other hand, this was less than $50.00 shipped, so

it's not like I'm out a huge sum of money - just my time to fix it really.

Hope this is helpful to those of you that have this particular throw off.

MW