Rogers Dynasonic Serial Numbers
The Rogers Drum Experts are here to answer your Rogers drum history questions. There are sections on the history of Rogers Drums. Rogers Serial number and. Feb 11, 2018 - This Vintage Rogers Dynasonic Snare Drum i s a 7 line with a low serial number (3586) est. 1964 and tall boy hoops. The snare bridge is.
I do not believe collecting is something one sets out to do from the beginning. I believe it is something that develops over time. Perhaps it can be traced back to one drum. I think, for myself, it started sixteen years ago when I purchased my first XP10 Dyna-Sonic. Since then, I have been privileged to acquire some beautiful, and special Rogers Drums. Some drums arrive in unbelievable condition while others are in a condition that cannot be believed. Each one has a story. Some we are able to know. Some are lost to history and the story is forgotten.
Dyna-Sonic serial number 1171. This drum was offered on the Rogers Drums Group II Facebook page. Condition was utterly deplorable. The shell was covered in grime, many years worth of grime. It displayed the absolute worst in neglect. It was however, fairly complete. The frame, of course was long gone. The tension rods were mostly a mix of unknowns that were themselves thirty to forty years old. The heads on the drum, I am pretty sure, were 70s era Remo. This drum had not been played for decades. From what I could see, the original tall Hoops were present. Some hints of rust on the end plates and fasteners. The black background clock face D stamp throw off was on the drum, ss also the very early type black felt dampener. The butt was intact. The first generation Gretsch straight sided shell was not broken, nor did it display evidence someone had attempted to “clean” it. I made contact with the seller, and we came to an agreement on price.
I knew going into this purchase, the $300.00 I gave for the drum would not be the end of the story. Rescues and restorations seldom cease to accrue cost just because the shipper has delivered the drum. I fully expected to find all of the bread and butter lugs to be failures. All were cracked or broken, split, or had the tabs missing. None of them were savable by any of the current reinforcement methods. The shell was so terribly dirty so I dropped it straight into a Dawn/water solution soak along with all of the other bits and parts for several hours. Gently cleaned with a super-soft cotton washcloth and the end result was a beautiful, clean, and shiny shell. After working several dents out using many layers of padding on the outside, and a shaped dolly on the inside, again gently hammering these out and smoothing the shell back to its original form. Similar cleaning treatment was given to the hoops, end caps, throw, dampener, and butt.
For two and a half years, this naked shell occupied a space on my shelves, silently begging for more. At the beginning of last year, I ordered reproduction bread and butter lugs from Jim Petty at JP2 Creations - ten lugs, at the price of 30.00 each. A few months later they arrived and the shell and parts were again cleaned, polished, and made ready for assembly. I used original inserts and swivel nuts. I opted for modern slotted round head stainless steel machine screws for the internal fasteners. These were also used for the pinch plates as well as the internal mounting fasteners for the butt and throw. The pinch plate for the clock face was broken, so I fabricated one from 1/8x1/2 aluminum flat stock that I drilled and tapped to receive the correct size screw, and hand cut the grooves to help secure the strings. It was during this time of reassembly, I made a trade and acquired a first generation Dyna-Sonic snare frame and also a set of original Rogers five hole plate DS wires.
As the drum now lives, it is complete right down to the elastics. This is a fully playable drum that will stand up and deliver at any gig, on any stage. I have a Remo Coated Diplomat on top, with an Ambassador snare side below. It is tuned up as described by Jerry Shields, the Rogers employee who, over the course of the years 1961-1969, tuned the vast majority of all Dyna-Sonic snares that came out of the Covington factory. This is not a “pristine” drum. It has some scars and scratches that will not go away. There is the lingering hint of a hard life. However, there were not that many of these. The number that is mostly thrown about says less than 300. A few were pre-badge drums with typed in “Dyna-Sonic” paper tags.
This is the one hundred and seventy first Dyna-Sonic to wear the badge. I plan to keep it for a long time.
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Rogers Drums Serial Numbers
Rogers Dynasonic Serial Numbers 33219
I currently own 15 Rogers Dyna-Sonic snare drums. The earliest is unplayable. The lugs are cracked. That drum is a 1961 first generation Dyna. The 170th drum to wear the badge. Hard to argue that drum being a Covington built drum is better than a Big R period drum that has never failed.
So my drums span 1961 to 1984 when Rogers shut down. There are numerous variations in lug weight, build changes, throw off design, hoop variations, hoop design changes, but over all.... it is one and the same drum. However, a 1964 drum is not going to sound exactly like a 1984 drum. They will be similar. This would be true of any snare drum built over a couple of decades. The same would be true comparing an early Ludalloy Supraphonic through the years with drums from different time periods. Even though they are essentially the same drum.
If you decide to go with an oval badge drum, you might pay a little more .. or not. In August I purchased an excellent condition 1964 Seven Line Dyna-Sonic for 300.00. A week ago, I purchased an excellent condition 1975 first issue Big R for 200,00. Both of those were excellent prices on drums that should have sold right around 500 and 375 respectively.
Sound quality from any year is going to be stellar. There are no dogs to bark. Quality of build is not a problem on this drum, over the entirety of its 23 year life span. I could be perfectly happy sitting down to any of the drums I own without reservation for how it will perform, or sound, or function.