SONOR Drums – Snare Construction
May.10, 2010 in
Home Construction
Factory tour video from the early 90′s shows how a seamless metal shell snare drum is made.
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May 10th, 2010 at 11:40 am
@maggotvenger94 Id say its for rigidity
May 10th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
I’ve got a ferro manganese sonor from the early 80′s. It’s fantastic.
May 10th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Sick drums, and Environmentally friendly?
May 10th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Personally, I liked it right off the first lathing stage and after a bearing edge.
Give it to me right there…dirty and all…bet it would sound fantastic!
Maybe hammer it a small too.
May 10th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
No, it isn’t just looks, the bead increases the strength of the shell by stressing it slightly. It is less likely to deform under high stress this way. I wouldn’t have thought that it would matter with a Steel snare anyways, with steel being so strong.
In theory it will also inhibit resonance and change the tone slightly too, but I doubt the differences would be audible.
May 10th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
I reckon the Ludwig 400 series (the Supras) and that Black Beauties are still seamless.
May 10th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Yes, just looks. The Ferro Designers did not have a center bead.
May 10th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Why do they fold the senter?
Looks?
May 10th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
what do they use the chemicals for?
May 10th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
The SONOR Phonic, Signature & Designer Series along with the original Ludwig Black Beauty were made that way. SONOR quit making seamless metal snares about 2000…not sure if the current Black Beauty models are seamless or not. It’s a very costly & time consuming process.
May 10th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Hi everybody,
I just want to say thanks & respect to the “SONOR Drums Company” for her traditionnal’s like making drums & percussions…..
Sincerely,
- David -
May 10th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
I see now why these sonor drums are so expensive, because they have to spend a fantastic deal of money and time treating all the contaminating crap they produce when making their drums.
May 10th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
this is soooooo awesome i have always wondered what all this stuff means. finally a clear vid about it.
May 10th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Sonor drums, Bosphorus cymbals, Pearl pedals, Evans drum heads, Vic Firth sticks.
May 10th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Sonor Drums
Sabian Cymbals
Pearl Pedals
May 10th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
i feel you. i have a set up at work just like that. delite and signatures…
May 10th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
In Soveit, BIKE RIDES YOU!
May 10th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Sonor drums+paiste cymbals=AWESOME!
May 10th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
shiiinyyy
May 10th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
thats the dumbest thing i’ver ever heard.
you obviously have never worked in a machine shop
you cannot be that precise by eye, dials and other measuring tools on the machine itself are where the precision is.
May 10th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
seriously though, in Soviet Former GDR, safety goggles wear YOU!
May 10th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
No, it’s because the saftey laws were not as strick at that time. Today you would not see that.
May 10th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
i bet it’s because the safety goggles can get the tiniest thing on them, and the percision of these drums could be altered by a tiny spec, so they want the best percision they can have, thats whats makes Sonor so incredible is precision
May 10th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
sonor drums are the best!
May 10th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
i like my sonor kit.