Hello and I am working on brining back an old 60's Gretch snare.

I want to restore this but also it will be a unit that I want to play, so I will give the lead to sound and performance over visual or hardware matching original.

Question 1 - the strainer is a sliding lever that seems to loosen when played with any gusto - what is a reccomened current strainer that will be reliable?

Question 2 - I see on some sites sets of snares that are brass and some regular and then there is strand count - what is the difference between brass and regular and what about snare count, what it that effect on performance?

Question 3 - There are pressed hoops, cast hoops and wooden hoops. Can someone give me a simple description of the impact those have on the sound?

Thanks

John