TreeHouse Custom Drums 11x14 Symphonic Field Snare Drum w/DW X-shell

When a great family at a neighboring city retired from 40 years of operating their drumstore, they offered me a couple of new 11x14 raw shells that they'd had for years, shells from DW to show folks how they make their tubes of wood. These demo shells, never to be re-acquired, were in perfect condition and needed to be made into instruments. The timing of their arrival was perfect to help debut our new Symphonic Snare series by showing that you can order these drums with options besides those seen in the Production Symphonic Snare series. This instrument features all the same specs as the Production Symphonic Snare series (this one with twenty Vintage Single Beavertail Lugs) showing off its fantastic DW X-shell. This shell composition features 8 plies of veneers of alternating-oriented maple sliced where the grain is at 45° to the length. The 11" depth gets you a great Field Snare without chewing up so much space on the storage shelf, or can be tuned higher for a delicate instrument with fantastic body. 

(NOTE: Drum sizing = Depth x Diameter in inches)

Includes:

• 11x14 Symphonic Field Snare Drum

Features:

• DW 8-ply X-shell
• Precision cut deep snare beds for extended wire placement
• Chrome Hardware
• Symphonic Strainer/Butt with 3 different Cable Wire Sets
• Vintage Single Beavertail Lugs
• ⅜" Threaded Air Vent
• Isolating Plinths under all of the shell-mounted hardware
• 10-lug 2.3mm Triple-Flanged Hoops
• Hand-Rubbed Oil/Wax Finish over DARK RED Aniline Dye
• Evans Strata Staccato Snare Batter Head
• Evans 200-weight Snare Side Resonant Head, heat molded to the snare beds

TreeHouse Category: NEW (See our “Category” definitions below.)

NEW: Drums that have been built new, pictured, and put in boxes for shipping. In some instances, we make brief demo videos and sound samples of new drums, so you might find a few stickmarks. New drums come with our full manufacturer’s warranty.

NEW-DEMO: Drums that have been on display on our retail floor. Folks have been allowed to test play--but not abuse, but the drums haven’t been out of the store. You might notice a few stick marks and a smattering of 100-year-old-building dust, and you'll get the benefit of the full new warranty.

BACKLINE: Drums that have been played on stage. One of TreeHouse's main ways of getting the word out is to put drums in the hands of high school and college students on stage at jazz festivals, providing a kit for that benefit concert, or renting a kit to a touring band for an evening's show. All BACKLINE items share the facts that they've been well-maintained in-house, and they come with our warranty as though they were new, excluding minor cosmetic signs of use, for less fundage than new builds.

USED: Drums that have been owned by someone else in the past. Although "Used" can mean something cared for like a newborn baby or an unplayed/returned gift all the way to barely salvageable, all USED drums share the fact that they don't come with our manufacturer's warranty.