They look really tidy. Probably a Dyna, but a Powertone is on the money too. 22" kick? I'm a bit jealous. I'd love to find a Londoner V in good condition. Enjoy those.

I don't think the Powertone label came into the picture until 1970, and the cast collets and cast floor tom leg mounts a bit later even than that. Ploughman probably knows. Notwithstanding the dating of the set, it looks clean and very useable and will no doubt provide as good a sound as a '69 set.

Typical snare of the day was the COB Dynasonic. Check the 1970 catalog under the link at the top of this site for Partner Website and the link to "Vintage Drum Guide." Go to Rogers and to drum sets and I think you will find that all the sets had the either the COB Dyna or COB Powertone. Very few wooden shell snare drums produced during that era. Even the snare drum section of the 1970 catalog doesn't show a wooden snare drum.

I've never seen a Powertone Koa; I was referring to COB in both cases. Every Koa kit I've seen came with a COB Dyna - I just don't think they are as useful as a PT. $00.02

Nice kit if priced well. Fullerton era is early 70's. I would recommend a COB Powertone to go along with the kit. As a Rogers novice, the DynaSonic might be too finicky for you to tune. Even if tuned right, I think you would still be happier with the versatility and feel of the Powertone.

I had a Dayton COB Powertone snare for a year that I got for $50, and me being new to vintage drums, I was curious of all the brands and wanted to explore everything of the same ilk and era. I put mine on consignment in a drum shop to make quadruple what I paid for it and bought a COB Slingerland Krupa instead. Very good snare drum, but 45 days in I had a dream my Powertone sold. Woke up the next morning, called the drum shop immediately and snatched it back and really started to try all the tuning ranges. Now I wonder what the hell I was thinking when I put it up for sale. Now I'm selling the Krupa. The Powertone is as good a COB drum you'll find from that great era of drums and I highly recommend it for any application. As others have said, the Dynasonic isn't for the impatient. If not tuned perfectly with all the right heads and working parts, it'll drive you nuts. There are tons of incomplete Dynas all over eBay and CL for cheap for a reason.

Don't forget the SuperTen snare. Very good snare drum at a much lower cost.

The reason the Powertone is such a forgiving drum is that the snare bed is very shallow and limited to a narrow distance along the bearing edge. It is almost impossible to choke the resonant head. With the right heads (I use Ambassodor coated on top and clear on bottom) and fairly normal tuning, it is nearly faultless in its reponse. If there is an issue, they tend to be loud and have some overtones that annoy sound engineers. The Ludwig metal snares tend not to have that issue. PowerTone is a great live play drum and it is highly unlikely that the band will bury the snare drum if you are using a PowerTone. Great rim shots too.

Ambassador. I've got to use the preview more regularly.

The Powertone would be a good all-around choice, for sure.

By the way, the set in the pictures is Butcher Block, not Koa...