Shoe laces..of course!

Have seen them numerous times on drums I have bought....Eye Ball

lol u beat me to it....

I once saw a drum at GC with bailing twine holding the snare wires. DOH

You could get a spool of cord at a craft store. Not sure what gauge, but it should be able to easily pass through the holes on the wires.

-Tim

I have about 12 snare drums I play regularly. All of them require different setups for the snares as some are vintage with small beds; some not. I have found with different snare wires that the 'string' matters a lot. I use the good quality ones that come with Puresounds etc and I usually use a plastic strap on the butt end - if I don't have any I cut one out of an old head. The combination of the plastic on one end and the string on the throw side seems to allow some types of snare wires to sit better on the head. I should imagine shoe laces would be way too thick for my snares, but I like my snares very snappy. If I were desperate and the drum shop was not open, I would probably raid my tackle box and use some braided nylon fishing cord. It's used for tying leader lines here in Australia, where men are men and the fish are fearsome . . . Sumo Dude

Gibraltar sells snare cord, but if you're in a location with no access to a Gibraltar dealer, the nylon cord used for mini-blind pulls works just fine.

Most braided nylon cord is fine as long as it's thin enough.

Ludwig orange color snare string is supposed to be the best....

It's $8 or $10 for a good amount...

Old venetian blind cord...

John

I've always liked using a thin gauge weed whacker line.

I have had miserable luck with Gibralter snare cord. In every instance the cord frayed and had to be replaced. I think the Ludwig orange cord works well. If you want to use plastic straps, I would instead recommend grosgrain ribbon. It works much better.