EVANS PURESOUND Vintage Series Dyna-Sonic Snare Wire, 16 Strand, 14 Inch

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I would have given this PureSound snare a 5-star review, but the manufacturer refuses to make the Radio King version with riveted metal tabs that are required on my vintage 1963 COB RK Snare drum. Instead, I made tabs from aluminum strips and riveted them myself to the snare assembly. Hard to believe that PureSound wouldn't do this as an accommodation to vintage drum owners for a small fee. Just take one of these (which they DO manufacture) out of stock and put some tabs on it -- there is a market for these, but PS doesn't really give a darn. I contacted their customer service with this sugestion, but they said it couldn't (wouldn't, really) be done.

I was restoring a '41 Radio King snare with a three-point strainer, and it was missing the original snare wires. PureSound discontinued the snare wire specifically designed for that model, but I was able to find the clam shell version in stock. Since what I really needed it for was the additional length of the wire section, I put this clam shell version on a drill press and created two more holes at each of the wires for the string to go through. Worked out great. Maybe it'll work out for others with a similar requirement.

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