monolithic maple shell snares from taye

we've already talked about the stave shell drums from lignum (read the post here). now taye takes it a step further, introducing the monolithic sugar maple shell snare:



a solid shell construction, not stave block, not steam bent, not ply wood, not glued, not seamed, but painstakingly hollowed out of a piece sugar maple log. if you want one, ask your mommy for help. the solid maple shell 14x7 with wood hoops, shown above, costs $ 2,600.00.

from their website: "Solid Maple Shell Snare drum is a monolithic shell construction lathed in one piece from hand-selected North American Sugar Maple log - no seams, no staves, and no plys. Wood Hoop Snare Drum models are fitted with Taye’s 14-ply Sugar Maple hoops, hand finished in 100% tung nut oil, newly engineered articulated hoop claws with resonance control spacers to allow quick head change."

available in 14x7, 14x6 and 14x5, and if you ask nicely you can have 'em with steel hoops too.