Snare Drums - Wood Shell

The snare drums available in the English Rogers catalogues were as follows: 

1961 Catalogue:  There were three snare drums on offer all in the 14”x5” size.  These were: -

-Wood shell – most of these show up made from beech. 

- Metal shell, all chrome 

- Metal shell, brass lacquer

1964 Catalogue: 

The COB Dyna is added to the above.

1965 Catalogue:  Ditto 

1967/8 Catalogue: 

As before except no lacquered brass now available. 

All these drums are relatively rare. 

The wood shell snare drum is almost always made with a beech shell.

To begin with edges were rounded over, but during 1962 these changed to a sharper more Powertone-like edge. The internal side of the edge became a 45 degree chamfer and the outside a radius, ensuring that energy from the head transfered to the shell.

The commonest drum that turns up is the wood shell Grey Ripple.