LOL....youre not wrong.

Nothing with the name "Stewart" on it is worth $300.......)

I have a 10-lug Stewart steel snare and I only know of one other that I have seen, so I would guess that they are [I]somewhat[I] rare, but as Retrosonic indicates, it would almost have to be new in the box to be quite that price.

Mine has some finish issues like minor pitting, the usual..., but otherwise it plays well and holds it's tuning fairly well. You can crank it up alot tighter than a 6 lug if you're so inclined....

I always assess these type of things as, "how bad do I need/want it?"

$ 300 would be a bit too high.

But I assume that that snare drum has a parallel strainer and is equal in the construction to my King Beat snare drums from Star (10 lugs plus a very heavy shell). Of course, Star also made relatively cheap and ordinary snare drums. But the one I'm talking about is the model Stuart Copeland used during the first Police album.

Ralf

Wrong drum Ralf.The one im referring to is an actual Stewart drum,not a Star or Tama.However this drum could be the first incarnation of good things to come a few years later.

Stewart was part of the big Star family, as discussed often here previously.

Any pics available?

Ralf

I,ll try and figure out how to do pics,but this one does not say "world supreme quality",but just Stewart made in Japan.It has the Star throwoff from that period so its likely the beginning of something.

Here are the two different badges I know from Stewart (sorry for the small sized pics):

ODD?..My drum has the script writing as on the right but does not say anything but Made in Japan.Its like its a bit of both badges?

Perhaps not odd. I didn't claim that Stewart used either the one or the other badge, only ... ;)

I would like to add a pic of your's to my 'collection' of Star/ Star family badges ...

Ralf