Their snares are beautiful. But Rogers drums are the red headed stepchild of the vintage world. Don't know why. That's just the way it is. They may be wonderful drums, but they just don't keep a value.

Well it is the more common 5 line, with a damaged top hoop.

I don't see a "D" mark on the strainer. Is it a strainer taken off a Powertone snare?

I looked at a vintage Dynasonic at Sam Ashes a few weeks ago, they were asking close to $600. I went on line and couldn't believe how low they were selling for, on a regular basis.

The early '70s dynas don't have a "D" stamp on the throw off.

I don't think so. Dynas are not for everyone because they take a little time to set up. There are a lot of 5-line dynas on the market since they made so many, and that keeps the prices low. Also, things are slow right now, in the summer.

7-line Dynas still bring good money, they are harder to come by.

Rich, good to know. I thought all Dynasonics had the D stamp.

I learned something new today!

Good to know that the 7-line Dyna's are still fetching good $$$. I've got a 1966 5x14 just sitting in a box. I may part with it in the next year or so!

177 is not bad for a complete and quite possibly a parts drum. I doubt that one is still in the round.

Prices do rise and fall, and there are individual drums that defy the median price points all the time. Some of those are way high... for example, an 8" Rogers Maple XP10 that recently sold for 600.00, the most common size in those snare drums. True value would have been 400-500. The next week, I purchased a 5" XP10 for just over 400.00, and this is the rarest size (quite possibly the rarest Rogers production drum ever). A few months ago one in the same size sold for right about 1500. There is one on ebay right now at approx. 1200. Occasionally you will see a COB five line 5" Dyna-Sonic sell above 350, even above 400. And that, while drums that are in equal or better condition not selling as high or being carried over in multiple auctions.

As for not being popular.. it is still one of the best snare drums ever made. Proper set up is an absolute must. Without that, its going to sound like a fifty dollar bucket of imported crap. Rogers, a red headed stepchild of vintage? I don't think so.

We are in an era of clown posse custom drums with weird paint schemes, the latest flavor of the month exotic wood, the hype of twisted, strangely slanted wood grains, and spending nearly a grand to look cool. And seriously, are any of them THAT good? NO. but, they look impressively Cool. Remember those massive vent holes in snare drums about eight-ten years ago? Where are they now? That fad did not last long.

I currently own a dozen or so Rogers Dyna-Sonic snare drums, including the very first snare drum that I bought in 1979. For 20 years that was my only snare drum.

I'm currently playing a blue sparkle 1967 wood dyna every day in my practice room. I paid $2500 for this drum. Every time I hit it, I feel like getting my money back; with interest. Incredible drums. $00.02