Brass, Copper and Bronze Snare Drums

In this video I show you some of my favorite brass, copper and bronze snare drums. First I talk a little about each drum and then I demonstrate each snare on the drum set.
Besides the drums that I showed you and demonstrated in the previous Black Beauty video these are the metal drums I use the most. They all have a unique sound and work well for specific types of music.

Included drums with their demo times are:
Time Stamps
0:00 All of the Drum Descriptions
16:27 1920's Ludwig & Ludwig 14"x4" Professional Dance Brass Snare Drum
21:07 1980's Slingerland 12"x 7" Brass Drum
25:17 1990's GMS 13"x 5.5" Bell Brass Snare Drum
28:22 1980's Sonor 14"x 3.5" Cast Bronze Snare Drum
31:57 1990's Pearl 14"x 4" Copper Marvin Smitty Smith Snare Drum
36:12 2008 Pearl 14"x 5.5" Hammered Brass Jimmy Degrasso Snare Drum

If you want to hear the Sonor drum tuned down you can hear that on youtube by clicking on this link:    • Brazilian Variations for Snare Drum  

All of these drums have a very specific tonal quality that I like for different genres of music. Some are good all-round instruments while others fill a very specific niche.

The other equipment I am using for this video consists of:
Doc Sweeney Stave Drums in African Olive wood 20"x 16" Bass Drum Toms: 10"x 8", 12"x 8", 14"x 14 floor tom.
Cymbals are: Sabian Jack DeJohnette 20" Ride Wuhan 20" Lion Cymbal Paiste Traditional 16" and 17" thin crashes Sabian HH 13" Regular Hi-Hats Sabian 12" AA Mini Hats .
Heads on toms are Remo Pinstripes on toms Bass drum is an Aquarian Power stroke 1 head.
Microphones are a AKG C24 stereo overhead and an Shure Beta 52 on the Bass drum.