Yes, it is a dyna, just without a bridge. Good news, re-pops are available for around $75 or so. Last year, I bought a 6 1/2" 7 liner without a bridge. I bought a new bridge and the drum sounds great!!! Much better that my other dynas (5 and 6 1/2" 5 liners and a 5" 7 liner.) My personal belief the new bridge has something to do with the sound. An original bridge from say the 60's has probably been under tension (snares) the whole time. If the Aluminum bridge would get tweaked from this, it would poorly effect the sound of the drum.

Dave

You definitely need the rail

$60 for a repro with snare wires is a decent deal.

HI,

I was told by a drum shop that these particular shells were made by Gretsch? The drum is probably heaviest one I own, so I'm sure it's brass. It also has the tall boy hoops. Thanks-Pat

Very early COB Holiday snare drums and the first run of COB Dynasonic snare drums in 1961 were built out on shells sourced from Gretsch.

check out this video to see if this may be the case with yours

https://youtu.be/1pXJpp_OAQk

and the snare mechanism is called a frame not a "rail" as referred to above

I wish this site had like buttons, then I wouldn't have to say that this is some cool information.

I saw the photos you sent me.

That is a Gretsch shell Holiday model snare drum circa 1961 assembled by Frank Walters in Covington Ohio.

extremely rare drum as there were only about 200 shells sourced from Gretsch.

I'm going to add your drum to my log of Gretsch shells Rogers drums out in the wild.

There are only 36 drums on the list ... yours will be 37.

Pretty amazing piece you have there.