How's the sound? Is it totally different then a wood shells sound?

Weird.

I have one of those things. I guess I never really realized it was Masonite.

I just call it my "Not even wood" snare.

To me, it's a very dry sounding drum. I like it...but don't really use it, it's just fun to have.

I'll see if I can't scare up some photos when I get home.

Cool. I don't even know what Masonite is. Cardboard?

Check Wikipedia...I know what Masonite is and have used it in appropriate projects, but I never knew it's history or how it is made. Interesting article.

That's really interesting... I knew Slingerland made cardboard tube drums that were terribly recieved... but I thought it was much later than this. Time to dig out The Slingerland Book...

Thanks for posting that...Cool1

I had a snare drum just like the one shown and a bass drum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonite

Around the time that Trixon transitted from the teardrop lugs that they had used since 1947 to the ribbed tank lugs ,introduced in 1963, they fiddled with a number of shell designs too. One of them was a laminated shell ==== 3 ply, with wood inside , wood outside and a thick masonite core. I have one of those in Red Croco. Masonite is very rigid and strong, until it cracks. This experimental Trixon shell had some screws pull through, so I have to do a bit of repair before I can compare it to it's contemporary 3 ply and 6 ply Beech shells and the Trixon Birch shells too.

Near the end of the 80's, Tacton made entire kits from a glue impregnated fibreboard----basically glue and paper. They are very heavy and have a really awfull smell to them( maybe it was a hide based glue?) but the drums are fairly sturdy and sound pretty good .

Thanks for sharing! I had not seen one before now. I'm also curious to know how it sounds.

Lynn