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Mike Curotto
04-30-2006, 03:24 PM
Hello Forumites,
A while back someone asked for photos of this 1919 Bower snare drum so here you are...enjoy.

Mike Curotto
O-Lugs
04-30-2006, 07:44 PM
Wow! That's cool, Mike. What a strange one! What does the inside look like? Can you explain anything about the idea behind that snare mechanism? What is that last picture? It looks like a latch or something.

How does it sound?
Mike Curotto
05-01-2006, 12:54 AM
Hi O-Lugs,
The interior is normal, hard to see everything through the grommet/air hole as the heads are not transparent...the drum is concave-like...the last photo is of the bower drum key.

Mike Curotto
GldnGrk88
12-06-2011, 08:48 PM
Contact Lee Vinson about this. As you know, he LOVES and owns many Bower drums.
perclee
12-06-2011, 11:49 PM
Contact Lee Vinson about this. As you know, he LOVES and owns many Bower drums.

HAHA! What do you mean, I only have five of 'em!

I think I might have been the one who contacted Mike a while back actually. I have a similar drum but it's missing a lot of parts. The snare system on mine is positively whack.
-Lee
auto.pilot
12-07-2011, 12:30 AM
There you go again, showing me something that I have never seen before - Thanks!
Lingontega
12-07-2011, 08:29 AM
That is one wild, odd looking instrument! American made I presume? Looks a little like a wheel rim on a vintage car!
patrick
12-07-2011, 12:15 PM
extraordinary!
drums2xs
12-07-2011, 12:37 PM
Mike your really drawing out the addict in me. Maybe something that old and far out will be my fix and i could stop thinking about more drums. as alway's mike great drum.
longjohn
12-07-2011, 01:02 PM
So, this must surely be the first "Dyna-Sonic" type strainer assembly ??, or was this idea used by other drum makers too??..

Cheers
Mike Curotto
12-07-2011, 05:46 PM
Mike your really drawing out the addict in me. Maybe something that old and far out will be my fix and i could stop thinking about more drums. as alway's mike great drum.

Yep, but a cool addiction...
Stuff like this shows up on Ebay here and there...Totally unplayable but great display drums...be careful if one of these is missing parts because parts for these type of drums are almost impossible to find.

Mike Curotto
Yoshi
12-07-2011, 06:13 PM
Great shape!
Thanks for sharing!!