I have a J.G. Richards Snare Drum that i'm trying to restore and I'm wondering if anyone has the same snare with the original snare wires attached? I'm trying to figure out what type of snares it originally had. Any help would be appreciated, there seems to be very little about this drum company out there.
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Posted on 10 years ago
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Wow! That is quite a shell! Is it solid or laminated? I was also wondering if it was exactly 14" dia. or an odd size?
Dave
Posted on 10 years ago
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Looks like a carousel snare! The caliope's sometimes have a bass drum and a snare as a part of the music making mechanism. Looks like one of those.
John
Posted on 10 years ago
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That is one cool snare and those hoops are built like a battleship!
Glenn.
Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Posted on 10 years ago
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Thanks for the responses! Dave, I believe it's a solid shell and it is 14" diameter.
John, it might be a carousel snare, very possible. I have the matching 26" Bass Drum too. They don't show any signs of being outdoors and I don't know if JG Richards supplied any band organ companies. I will look into that.
Posted on 10 years ago
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I have a J.G. Richards Snare Drum that i'm trying to restore and I'm wondering if anyone has the same snare with the original snare wires attached? I'm trying to figure out what type of snares it originally had. Any help would be appreciated, there seems to be very little about this drum company out there.
J.G. Richards was a distributor/reseller located in Cleveland, Ohio. Your drum was probably made by one of the big manufacturers during it's time period. Look at the lugs and try to find a match in the old catalogs. As far as snares, I'm going to guess they were made from gut.
Here's a thread I also started on J.G. Richards: http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=26833
That snare is a tank!
-Tim
Posted on 10 years ago
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