I always thought this W&A bass drum was pretty unusual.

(I have the original inserts to protect the heads too...they just didn't make the photo)

Richie - that's a very cool old bass drum. Kind of like a 'nesting' drum - I like it

Can you actually use yours musically?

I use mine as a side snare sometimes. It sounds too odd to use it as a main snare.

I'd like to see pics of that 18" snare![/QUOTE]

Yes it is usable but not for everything.

It is good for thick, fatback, swampy stuff.

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OK, I really like this one.

I thnk I saw that one in the gallery before. Supercool.

And is this one useable musically? I guess it's loud.

Way cool! I did not know they made drums like that back then.

These floor toms are pretty cool, found them locally. The bongos are by Lyra, pretty cool also.

They are all cool JC.

Love the bongos.

I built it as a challenge to finish it. It was started, as a snare with snare beds, by Andy Florio but then he died. The shell sat in a closet in Pro Drum Shop for 30 years.

I found it and finished it with Andy in mind.

Musically??? Maybe for an orchestra setting. Hard to get it between your legs for a casual.

Tuned up, it sounds kind of normal. Like a snare.

Brushes on it are great.

Lots of Real Estate.

I thought I was crazy for wanting to make a custom 16" snare. Now, perhaps not as much as I thought. Or maybe as much, but just means others are too? What wires do you have on that bad boy?