(and convince my wife I "need" another drum)........ the toughest part of the job!! LOLelectricit

+1 Excellent sounding snare drums for the price. Can be tuned to sound every bit as good as any acro.

John

Thanks for all the input. It is very helpful. GG Vintage, yours was one of the threads I found while searching for info. That was a great idea for wrapping, and your drum turned out looking fantastic! Thanks all.

-Jeff

I had the model S-101,the chrome plated brother of the model S-102,acrolite finish and it was a great sounding drum,live or recorded.

It did have that supra/acro sound.I sold it with my Standard S-330 kit in blue mist sparkle.What a dope I was.

Steve B

They used speed nuts that cut a thread into the outside of the threaded post that was designed for use on wood shells. The other option would have been cup washers but these were no doubt cheaper and also quicker to put in place. This let them use the same double ended lug on both metal and wood shells which would also cut costs.

I just recently owned two of the 5x14 aluminum anodized finish metal snares. one of them had the self tapping nut. the other had a conventional mounting system. I wasn't thrilled with the self tapping deal when I went to detail the drum. they just didn't feel like I should be messing with them.

mike

I think those originated in the auto industry and generally they don't seem to be used in places that were ever meant to be disassembled. I suppose there's a reason they call them "speed nuts".

Somewhat cheezy way of doing things but then again what production engineer in 1968 would ever have envisioned that some one would be using these drums 40+ years later, let alone restoring them.

you hit the nail on the head there k.o.!

mike