WOW! Any wood dynasonic's value is in the thousands. The minimum going price for a wood dyna is 1000$. If there really somthing special and you find the right person they sell for $3000. Youve got somthing really special on your hands. DO NOT SELL! Unless you want the cash. If you want the money its worth, dont rush the sale. Use ebay!!! With 3 days left in auction, I saw a dyna at 1300$. I forgot to check its actual sale price. Be careful when selling the drum, if it really is in mint condition, you should be asking for just over 2 grand. When I have that kinda money, the first drum on my shopping list is a wood shell dynasonic.

-Matt Kinel

backline!

Given the serial number of your Dynasonic... #12045 ... I would place it's date of manufacture at late 1965 to mid 1966, which seems to be in line with when you remember purchasing it. Course these dates can be "give or take" a little here and there. Anyway,

Silver Sparkle is a desirable wrap and certainly has it's fans! Given the condition that you have described... ( pictures would be most helpful! ) ... your drum should bring anywhere from $1600.00 to $2500.00 in my opinion, with those prices reflecting approx. on either end. A few years ago you could have expected in the area of $3500.00 to $4500.00! Dynasonics are nice drums, but even I thought those prices were insane! ( and I have TWO WMP Dynasonics! ) Of course it goes without saying that it could bring a lot more if you put it up for auction ( eBay ) and two guys really wanted it.

I play/gig full time and use my 1967 WMP Dynasonic as my main snare... and it is near MINT! It's also an excellent sounding/playing drum, and most certainly "roadworthy" as you have stated. I don't think you would have any problem in selling your drum!

Tommyp

PS: Hey... you're not in CT are you? If you are... I think I know you!

thanks to all for your help. this is a great little drum and given what you have said when all is said and done i will probably just insure it for its value and keep it nearby. Tommy, I am in new york and if you know me it is as a bass player because i was just an average drummer. my uncle worked for hohner and got me the drum as a birthday present. i was in college in Hartford and I played with a bunch of people in the late 70's and early 80's. does that ring a bell?

Hey backline!

New York... well, after I read that I said no, it's not who I thought it was... but then! ... you said you went to college in Hartford and gigged around CT in the late 70's to early 80's, and THAT caught my eye/ear! I gigged all around CT/NY/RI/MA STEADY from the late 70's through the mid 80's too! Who did you play with... if you are are ease/liberty to tell! I wonder if our paths ever crossed while doing the "club circuit"... and those WERE the days of gigs too! One could play 5/6 days a week... GOOD PAY for the top clubs! ... and set up/take down only ONCE a week! Anyway,

Really cool on the Hohner connection too. Pretty neat that your uncle worked for them. Now there's a connection that you probably had trouble not exploiting! :-)

Again, getting back to your SS Dynasonic: If you don't really need the cash, that is a drum that should be kept, for the many reasons that have been given/offered here... PLUS ... in your case, there's a nice family connection with the drum too. If you have had "trouble" getting it set-up with regard to "sound"... ( Dynasonics can be quirky if not totally understood ) ... I have written a brief tutorial that is hosted on this site. It will get you up and running quickly so the drum "speaks" in the area that was intended. Then, you can fine tune/dial in to personal preference. Here's the link:

http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/rogers_dynasonic_set_up2.html

Tommyp

hey tommyp thanks for the tuning info, very helpful. maybe we did cross paths, although like i said i was just an ok drummer, and i played mainly college frat and dive bars, mostly hartford and summers in bangor maine. Played the rockinghorse in hartford for a while pretty steady, trinity college on thursdays and then weddings, bar mitzvahs. i get the feeling you are in a different league for sure. but a couple of the players i was with made it really big as writers and producers, maybe you knew carl sturken, or steve dash, or andy bassford who made it big as a studio guitarist and became famous as one of the very very few white guys to be a first call reggae player, played with everyone, and the festivals, and wrote for guitar player, he's a monster player

Hey backline!

Yes... I played "The Rockinghorse" many times back in the late 70's early 80's. Man that brings me back... and I wasn't all that knocked out with the stage in that club. Remember it was kind of in a "horse-shoe" shape? Hmmm... the RockingHORSE. Coincidence??!! HA!!!!! Anyway,

Yes again... I did in fact play with Carl Sturken back when he was with a band called "Too Much Too Soon". And I also worked with Carl's writing partner, Evan Rogers. The drummer in "Too Much Too Soon" was a fabulous player named Kevin Cloud. I believe he's currently playing out in Vegas. That was a GREAT band. Carl and Evan are still writing/producing in NY last I knew.

Thanks for getting in touch... and enjoy that Dynasonic!!

Tommyp