I'd also like to know if this is possible as I just attempted this without success. I had 3 wires completely unattached on one end when I bought the Dyna snare frame. I managed to epoxy them back into position, but they had apparently stretched slightly when they originally broke loose. The result was the 3 wires stayed in place just fine with the new epoxy, but being slightly, slightly longer than the rest of the wires from stretching, they couldn't be evenly tensioned and buzzed terribly even though the rest of the wires were fine.

Could I have possibly stretched them myself during epoxying? It's possible. Should I have noticed the loose wires were slightly longer and snipped a millimeter off the ends before reattaching? Probably. Either way, I'll keep them stored just so I have the original snares in case I ever decide to sell the snare, but I'm going to buy the Puresound SD-1416 for playing.

By the way, there was a thread that contained a link to a reasonably priced Puresound source. Does anyone remember what it was?

Mike C.

Amazon.com seems to be the least expensive source

I have the same problem I have two sets of wires one is epoxied and the other soldered both missing wires.

Here's a link to the least expensive replacement I've found.

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This is fixable. I have done it.

It takes patience. Get the wire ends and landing plate clean. Work on a good flat surface, and you must keep everything flat, paying good attention to the spacing of the wires, and keep them square to the landing plate. Once you get it all layed out, set a weight on the wires to hold position steady and unmoving while you do the epoxy. Leave yourself workroom at the end to be reassembled. Two part epoxy you can get at any hardware store. Get it all positioned, then carefully bury the wires in the epoxy.

Walk away.

File epoxy smooth and flat, install.

Mine has held for about two years now.

for new wires, Bentleys Drum Shop in Fresno CA.

Another great source for vintage Puresound wires is Interstatemusic.com

You'll find Dynasonic wires for $35.98. I recently purchased a set for my 1966 Dynasonic, but have not yet installed them.

If you do repair your original wires, please post pictures!

If you include the missing wires, your set has 19 strands. That is the correct number for Rogers snare set.

Thanks all, especially to Ploughman who provided the procedure for the repair.

Ploughman, do you know of a product that will dissolve the old hardened and broken epoxy?

Also, I called Bentley's in Fresno and the wires they have are the new Puresound, not the individual wires. Same with interstatemusic.com. Not a bad solution, they do sound great!

Thanks again!

The Puresound wires work excellently and do perfectly replace Dynasonic wires on the most common frames, ie... the single screw frames, Cleveland, Dayton, Fullerton "ladder" style frames and also the Fullerton Big R style. If you have the older 1st gen frame and need to replace with Puresound, it can be done with slight modification to the landing plates on the wire set with a drill. The only way to get original individual wires is to cannibalize an original wire set.

Thanks again Ploughman!