As the tension of marching snare drums has increased, so as to provide a higher pitch, the weight of the drum has increased. This has been primarily due to the tensioning system required, to withstand the forces involved with high tension drum skins.
Concerned about the weight of these drums, and the effect on younger players especially, we at Flint Percussion set about redesigning the drum in order to produce a lighter weight, high tension snare drum. We aimed for an ultra-lightweight, fully resonant drum.
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After looking carefully at the origins of the marching snare, and following its development through to the present day, we have designed a drum similar to original marching drums. This has only been possible by using an extremely technical shell design.
Our current drum is not only substantially lighter, but has a shell that can provide the required pitch for pipe band use, and provides a high level of volume and quality of sound.
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