Snare Drums

The snare drum is the drum that most quickly reveals a drummer's identity, which is why we offer it in several variants: maple, walnut, and birch, and in metal — aluminum, brass, and copper. Diameters from ten to fourteen inches, depths from five to seven and a half. Model 1 and Model 2 snare drums are made in our Gdynia workshop and cost from just under 1,000 PLN, while the cheapest, from the Birch series, start at 590 PLN. Some models ship within 24 hours, others are made to order.

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A snare drum is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp, buzzing staccato sound thanks to tensioned snare wires pressed against the bottom resonant head. Snare drums are often used in orchestras, marching bands, parades, drum corps, and above all in popular music in the broadest sense. Alongside the bass drum, it is the most important element of the drum kit responsible for the "back beat".

Snare drum construction

Snare drum shells are usually made of wood, steel, aluminum, acrylic, copper, brass. The most popular size is 14"x5,5" but you can also find 

with a wide variety of diameters from 6 to 15" and depths from 3 - 10". Snare drums are fitted with a batter head and a resonant head, whose tension is adjusted using 

tension rods, from 6 to 10 per side. 

Tuning a snare drum

The general rule for tuning a snare drum is to tension the resonant head fairly firmly, much higher than the batter head, which is tuned depending on preference and musical style — from very high to low. The most commonly used batter head is a single or double coated (rough-textured) head, while resonant heads are usually clear, single-ply, and very thin.

Damping a snare drum

Undesirable components of a snare drum's sound are high overtones and sympathetically vibrating snare wires, which usually get in the way during sound reinforcement on stage or when recording the snare drum in the studio. This problem can be solved in a few ways: fit a batter head with a built-in muffling ring, place an external muffling ring on the batter head, use muffling gels, or use an external or internal damper - some snare drums, especially old ones, have a built-in adjustable internal damper.