Looks like a Ludwig P-84

Vintage Drum Guide indicates it is a Pioneer.

I would like to see pictures of the wood snare.

Thanks Dan. I was on the VDG but didn't dig deep enough. I found my snare drums in there but didn't get into the drum hardware section.

From what I have found it is 1923-ish. It has the gold Ludwig and Ludwig badge. It has a 15" mahogany shell. There are some extra holes in the shell and the top rim that Mike thought were for a marching harness.

The top calfskin head looks decent, the bottom one is horked.

Hopefully the picture is right side up when it uploads

There is a P-84 on Reverb that looks like it.

THANKS!

When I enlarge the photo it no longer is hanging on the ceiling.Yes Sir

Thank you for posting a picture. Enjoyed seeing it.

How popular were the 15" shells and were they issued for a specific purpose, say, orchestral work? I had a 20's era Ludwig metal snare back in the 90's and nobody seemed interested except one local collector who was willing to make a run and buy me a very rusty BDP Dynasonic in trade. I think the asking price on the Dyna was $400 at the time. My wife had found the Ludwig at a yard sale for $2, so the trade worked out nicely. I have no idea what he eventually paid for the Dyna but we were both happy after the transactions. I had to buy a metal Dyna to donate the nice chrome to the BDP. Paid $100 or so for the metal one and was still able to get $75 on the resale with the rusted stuff on it. I bought it at one Daddy's Junky Music and sold it back in at another. Cool1

Daddy's Junky Music is a name that I haven't heard in several years. As a long-time manufacturer's representative in the musical instrument business, I had a word for stores and regional chains like Daddy's Junky Music. I labeled them as the "We used to be the big guys" stores. Most of those stores and regional chains were famous/infamous for a few things. They were discounters when most mom and pop stores did not discount. They stared the catalog and toll-free telephone sales segment of the business that took away sales from smaller stores. Their aggressive discounting and increased cost of doing business made them more vulnerable to the onslaught of the mega chain big box stores. Sam Ash seems to be the only once-local chain of stores that adapted to the changes in retailing, and managed to expand rather than fold.