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October 15, 2004
CLOSEUP: Yamaha MTS Marching Snare
After the success of the SFZ Marching Snare, Yamaha decided to bring another drum to market: the Yamaha MTS Marching Snare. Almost identical in specifications, the one major difference is the addition of a top snare mechanism. It has many of the same features as the SFZ model such as the 6-ply birch shell, diecast top rim, and Fibretech synthetic gut snares along the bottom head.
Unlike a traditional pipe band drum, the top snare guts are tightly wound steel wire. Plus the Yamaha MTS has the ability to turn the top mechanism on and off using a handle positioned on the left hand side of the drum, just under the top rim and the suspension ring.
The top snare mechanism uses spring-loaded posts to maintain an even position across the top head when engaged and uses rollers on each side to maintain consistent tension across the wire. They follow the same path as the bottom snares from diagonal top right to left bottom. The top snares also do not use individual snare guts like traditional bottom snare assemblies, but uses one strand wrapped around the rollers and brought back to the other side.
Posted by Ryan on October 15, 2004 02:29 PM
