Show us your Copper!!! Lets see your closet copper snare drums, you know you have some! UPDATED TOTALS!

[Fat Drummer]

Ahhhh copper, maybe the most divisive of all the alloys used in snare construction. But I know you have some tucked away in your collection so let's see em!

I went back 5 pages under "copper" to see if we had this thread already running but missed it if we do, so let's start a new one. We currently have 162 snares posted (by photo) in the Brass thread, with 303 in the solid shell and around 85 in the stave thread. I would be suprised if this one even reaches 100 in a year, but as my favorite alloy. I looking forward to what you may have!

Aluminum Snares - https://www.drumforum.org/threads/show-us-your-aluminum-snare-drums.202942/
Brass Snares - https://www.drumforum.org/threads/l...w-updated-with-totals-by-brand-so-far.198133/
Copper Snares - https://www.drumforum.org/threads/s...you-know-you-have-some-updated-totals.198656/
Solid Snares - https://www.drumforum.org/threads/l...s-over-300-stunning-snares-on-display.154272/
Stave Snares - https://www.drumforum.org/threads/f...iful-stave-and-block-snare-drums-pics.154322/
Fiberglass / Composite - https://www.drumforum.org/threads/show-us-your-fiberglass-composite-snare-drums.204006/
Steel (and Stainless) - https://www.drumforum.org/threads/show-us-your-past-and-present-steel-shell-snare-drums.204008/

I suppose I should go first as I opened the "can"... 2018 TAMA STAR 6 ½” X 14” Reserve Copper TSC1565H

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[Heartbeat]

8x14 Copperphonic

 

[katulu]

Not the best pic but... 14x6.5 Raw Copperphonic w/ copper hardware!

 

[pgm554]

 

[David Hunter]

I have this one-off prototype Ludwig Pewter Copperphonic Keystone in brass trim which apparently was passed on by Ludwig in favor of the current Limited Edition-badged version. Lovely drum.

 

[Fat Drummer]

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Sweeeet drum! What's the brand, I can make it out on the badge?

 

[pgm554]

taye

 

[katulu]

taye

I have an 18" floor tom from Taye on my big frankenkit, always loved it! Yours looks like a nice snare!

 

[DanRH]

My 4x14 Pearl “Smitty” Smith Copper Snare.

 

[Quai34]

Ahhhh copper, maybe the most divisive of all the alloys used in snare construction. But I know you have some tucked away in your collection so let's see em!

I went back 5 pages under "copper" to see if we had this thread already running but missed it if we do, so let's start a new one. We currently have 162 snares posted (by photo) in the Brass thread, with 303 in the solid shell and around 85 in the stave thread. I would be suprised if this one even reaches 100 in a year, but as my favorite alloy. I looking forward to what you may have!

Brass Snares - https://www.drumforum.org/threads/l...w-updated-with-totals-by-brand-so-far.198133/
Solid Snares - https://www.drumforum.org/threads/l...s-over-300-stunning-snares-on-display.154272/
Stave Snares - https://www.drumforum.org/threads/f...iful-stave-and-block-snare-drums-pics.154322/

I suppose I should go first as I opened the "can"... 2018 TAMA STAR 6 ½” X 14” Reserve Copper TSC1565H

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Great one, my next snare, for sure!!!

 

[rkingston]

6.5 Ludwig Copperphonic, gaskets removed, lighter hoops. Sings like an angel. A fat, beefy, metallic angel.

 

[sfmill]

Joyful Noise Conquered Copper Snare Drum 14X6.5

 

[aparker2005]

14x6.5 Pork Pie Copper!

 

[shuffle]

Copper Acrophonic with Satinwood Neusonics!
Perfect match in look and performance
Inde bass mount,uh huh!

 

[James Walker]

Nothing fancy. Copper Yamaha.

 

[HalldorL]

Tama Sarphonic Copper 7x14”

 

[Treviso1]

I think that the mother of all Copper drums is the first generation 90's Yamaha Seamless Copper Snare Drum that was made by the Japanese artisans that made the copper timpani drums for Yamaha. These super heavy weight seamless copper shells just have something very special about them. I have owned at least 6-7 copper drums from other drum makers and none of those drums had what these first generation Yamaha Seamless Copper drums have...it's a super fatness of tone and a feel that makes them very special. I have a few 6.5x14's in my collection, including one that is NOS in the box, never played. This one has been played, but it is super MINTY. It sounds incredible and I'll be bringing this one to my recording session next weekend. Chances are good that it will make it onto a track or two out of six to be recorded.

 

[RobbiefromAtlanta]

Bought this a few months ago.

 

[TheDrummerFromAmsterdam]

As much my fondness of Yamaha if never could get used to their copper models.

But when I heard George Daniels play the Ludwig Raw Copperphonic live when we watched the band in London, and tapped on it in the store I knew it would be a much better fit if I would go Copper again (I tend to find them too dark in general).

Btw.

What about a full Adrian Kirchler copper kit:

 

[katulu]

As much my fondness of Yamaha if never could get used to their copper models.

But when I heard George Daniels play the Ludwig Raw Copperphonic live when we watched the band in London, and tapped on it in the store I knew it would be a much better fit if I would go Copper again (I tend to find them too dark in general).

Btw.

What about a full copper kit:
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Abuse!