13/07/2025
🥁Shell Materials 🪵
Although manufacturers have experimented with a variety of materials (including acrylic, fibreglass and carbon fibre) the majority of snare drums today are manufactured from wood or metal. Since most drums are made of wood, the snare may be the only drum in a drum kit made from metal. Also, some snare drums and drum kits are made with a combination of wood types (hybrid shells) or with an exterior ply of a different wood selected for aesthetic reasons. The inner ply of a shell has the greatest influence on the drum sound, followed by the core plies; the exterior ply has the least effect on the sound.
