Rare Vintage 70s Shiro 14x5” Steel Snare Drum – 8

Shiro 14x5" Vintage Steel Snare Drum (Made in Japan, 1970s) – Excellent / Near Mint

Up for sale is an exceptionally well-preserved 14x5" Japanese vintage steel snare drum from the 1970s MIJ golden era. The Shiro brand was named directly after Shiro Arai, founder of Arai & Co. / Aria.

The chrome shell is in overall superb, almost like-new condition with a deep mirror shine. It shows only minimal, light surface scratches on the chrome and hoops consistent with gentle handling over the decades—no deep pitting, structural damage, or rust.

Features & Condition:

Shell & Hardware: 14x5" steel shell in almost-new cosmetic condition. Original lugs, smooth strainers, and fully functional internal tone control muffler. Mirror-finish chrome shell and hardware, tight badge grommet, no pitting, and only light handling marks on lugs/hoops consistent with age.
Batter Head: New testplayed Remo Ambassador Coated (includes attached Moongel dampening pad).
Resonator Head: Brand new Remo Ambassador Snare Side.
Snare Wires: Brand new 25-strand wires for sensitive, crisp response and great dynamic range.

Fully detailed, cleaned, detuned for transport. Excellent choice for both studio work and live performance.

Condition: Excellent.

Ships carefully packed with tracking. Feel free to message me if you have any questions!

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Condition	Excellent (Used) Excellent items are almost entirely free from blemishes and other visual defects and have been played or used with the utmost care.Learn more
Brand	Shiro
Model	Crome on steel
Finish	Crome
Categories	Snare
Year	70s
Made In	Japan