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Single Snare Drums
It may happen, that someone has a single snare drum or a marching snare drum only. So here’s the place
for it, if it’s made by Star.
In order to make it not too complicated, this section is not sorted into wooden or metal shells, but in
sequence of their registration here. Latest entries of photos: On the top of this page.
Royal Star ‘King Beat’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, heavy metal shell, 14”x 5.0” (Beat, Witterswil, Switzerland)
Tonneau-shaped/ black Royal Star badge
Remarks: Heavy metal shell snare drum with parallel action, lug type 923
Royal Star Metal Snare Drum from the early 70’s, 14” x 5.0” (‘Djambo Beat’, Soignies, Belgium)
Tonneau-shaped/ black Royal Star badge
Remarks: A rare badge at this 8 lugs snare drum; it still has the original imprinted ‘Royal Star’ logo on the batter head
Star ’Student Model’ Marching Parade Drum from the early 70’s, in White (Marine) Pearl, 12” x 9” (‘Djambo Beat’, Soignies, Belgium)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A rare deep marching snare drum with the black ‘Key Holder-Navel Rubber’ for a drum tuning key
Royal Star Metal Snare Drum from the early 70’s, 14” x 5.0” (‘Djambo Beat’, Soignies, Belgium)
Round/ black Royal Star badge
Remarks: A rare model with 10 lugs
Star Snare Drum from the 60’s, in Gold Glitter (Pearl), 14”x 5.0” (Kevin, Airdrie, Canada)
Rectangular/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A beautiful looking wooden snare drum with re-rings in absolutely mint condition – stunning!
Royal Star Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in Silky Red, 14”x 5.0” (Grant, Wanganui, New Zealand)
Round/ silver Royal Star badge
Remarks: A model with six lugs only, and a beautiful and rare finish
Royal Star Snare Drum from the early 70’s, heavy metal shell, 14”x 5.5” (Gabriel, London, England)
Round/ silver Royal Star badge
Remarks: A rare model with a strainer, that was also used at the early Tama snare drums lateron
Star ’Deluxe Concert Model’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in White (Marine) Pearl, 14” x 6.5” (‘Djambo Beat’, Soignies, Belgium)
Oval/ black Star badge
Remarks: A rare model in beautiful condition
Imperial Star ‘King Beat’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, heavy metal shell, 14”x 5.5” (‘Djambo Beat’, Soignies, Belgium)
Round/ silver Imperial Star badge
Remarks: This is the version with the tiny type of lugs ( ‘G-model with separate tension lugs’)
Star ‘All Metal Parade Snare Drum’ from the early 70’s, in 13” x 9” (‘Djambo Beat’, Soignies, Belgium)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: Marching snare drum, still with the genuine Star head on the resonant side
Star Snare Drum, model ’Professional No. 8258’ with 10 lugs, from the early 70’s, in 14” x 5.0” (‘Djambo Beat’, Soignies, Belgium)
Round/ silver Imperial Star badge
Remarks: In nice condition, still with the original snare strainer
Star Snare Drum from the 60’s, in Red (Marine) Pearl, 14”x 5.0” (‘Djambo Beat’, Soignies, Belgium)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A nice wooden snare drum with 10 lugs
Star Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in Silver Sparkle Pearl, 14”x 5.0” (Brent, Madison, USA)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A nicely yellowish faded wooden snare drum with the One-touch-tone-control damper (cannot be seen in this photo)
Royal Star ‘King Beat’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, wooden shell/ re-rings, in Gold Satin Flame, 14”x 5.0” (Richard, Perth, Scotland)
Tonneau-shaped/ black Royal Star badge
Remarks: A nice snare drum – unfortunately the previous parallel action strainer had to be replaced
Star Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in Red (Sparkle) Pearl, 14”x 5.0” (Facundo, Miami, USA)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A nice wooden snare drum with the One-touch-tone-control damper (cannot be seen in this photo)
Royal Star ‘King Beat’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, heavy metal shell, 14”x 5.0” (Willi, Altenbeken, Germany)
Round/ silver Royal Star badge
Remarks: Very nice condition for a top model of Star’s snare drums with the parallel action
Star Snare Drum from the early 70’s, metal shell, 14”x 5.0” (Steve, Newark, UK)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A nice standard snare drum, but with 8 lugs
Artist Ltd. Snare Drum from the 60’s, metal shell, 14”x 5.0” (Marc, Council Bluffs, USA)
Artist Ltd. badge
Remarks: Snare drum in nice condition with a very rare badge
Apollo Snare Drum from the early 60’s, in Gold Sparkle Pearl, 14”x 5.0” (Marc, Council Bluffs, USA)
Apollo badge
Remarks: A rare wooden snare drum with early snare lever unit and stick-saver hoops
U.S.Mercury Snare Drum from the early 60’s, in a faded Gold Sparkle Pearl, 14”x 5.5” (Marc, Council Bluffs, USA)
U.S.Mercury badge
Remarks: This is, perhaps, the oldest type of a Star made wooden snare drum
Stewart Snare Drum from the 60’s, in Black Diamond Pearl, 14”x 5.5” (Marc, Council Bluffs, USA)
Stewart badge
Remarks: Beautiful classy finish at this wooden snare drum
Apollo so called ‘Megatone’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, heavy metal shell, 14”x 5.0” (Tony, Boise, USA)
Apollo badge
Remarks: This is the ‘King Beat’ snare drum, with heavy metal shell and parallel action, lug type 923
Lucky Star Snare Drum, from the 60’s, in Gold Sparkle Pearl, in 14” x 5.5” (Brett, Antioch, USA)
Black/ oval Lucky Star badge
Remarks: Snare drum in a nice classy wrap and with a rare badge, still with it’s original heads on
Star Snare Drum, model ’Professional No. 8256’ with 8 lugs, from the early 70’s, heavy metal shell, in 14” x 5.0” (Siegi, Schöder, Austria)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: The snare lever unit was worn out and replaced by Tama’s Imperialstar series 2011 model
Star Snare Drum from the early 60’s, in a Blue Sparkle re-wrap, in 14” x 5.5” (James, London, England)
No badge
Remarks: Due to the earliest version of Star snare strainer and lugs plus stick-safer hoops, this is a very early Star made snare drum
Royal Star Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in Silky Blue, in 14” x 5.0” (Xavier, Valenciennes, France)
Round/ silver Royal Star badge
Remarks: It has the One-touch-tone-control damper (not to be seen in this photo)
Mayfair Snare Drum from the early 60’s, in Blue Sparkle Pearl, in 14” x 5.5” (Gary, Des Plaines, USA)
Mayfair badge
Remarks: This rare beautiful snare drum is one of the oldest pieces to be seen in this collection
Star Snare Drum from the 60’s, in Red Satin Flame, in 14” x 5.0” (Mike, Boston, USA)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A wooden snare drum in a rare finish
Star Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in Gold Sparkle Pearl, in 14” x 5.5” (Paul, Torquay, UK)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A wooden snare drum in absolutely immaculate condition, even with the original tuning key in it’s pouch
Star Snare Drum from the late 60’s, in Blue Satin Flame, 14”x 5.5” (Johnny, Salt Lake City, USA)
Rectangular/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A wooden snare drum with the ‘Rapid Chrome Strainer No. 925’
Star ‘Parade King Marching Snare Drum’ from the early 70’s, in Red Sparkle Pearl, 14” x 12” (Steve, Kandern, Germany)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A big and rare marching snare drum
Ibanez ‘King Beat’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in Chrome Zoom, 14”x 5.5” (Daniel, Trois Rivières, Canada)
Ibanez badge
Remarks: An extremely rare wooden snare drum with reinforcement rings and parallel action, lug type 923
Star ‘All Metal Parade Snare Drum’ from the early 70’s, in 13” x 9” (Olindo, Liège, Belgium)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A rare marching snare drum, still with the genuine ‘Kings Plastic Head’ on the resonant side
Star Snare Drum from the late 60’s, in Tiger Pearl, in 14” x 6.15” (Offer, Cologne, Germany)
Oval/ black Star badge
Remarks: Wooden snare drum with a rare finish; the exact heights of these wooden snare drums seemed to vary
Star Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in Gold Eddy Satin Flame, in 14” x 5.5” (Jukka, Kotka, Finland)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: Wooden snare drum with a rare finish and the no. 940 snare strainer (pictured: the fast tension snare bracket, no. 941)
Star Snare Drum from the 60’s, in Pearl Fantasia, in 14” x 5.5” (Mark, California, USA)
Exception: Round/ blue ‘Made in Japan’ badge: this badge was mainly used NOT for Star drums, but other Japanese producers
Remarks: All parts at this snare drum (.. besides the badge …) state that it was made by Star
Star Snare Drum from the 60’s, in Red Sparkle Pearl, in 14” x 5.5” (Mark, California, USA)
Oval/ black Star badge
Remarks: One of the very early wooden snare drums with ‘Stick-saver hoops’, made by Star: a rare piece!
Star Snare Drum from the late 60’s, in Gold Eddy Satin Flame, in 14” x 5.5” (Mark, California, USA)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: Wooden snare drum with a rare finish
Star ’Deluxe’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in White (Marine) Pearl, 14”x 5.5” (Gonzalo, Santiago, Chile)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: Equipped with the ‘One touch tone control’ damper
Royal Star ‘King Beat’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, heavy metal shell, 14”x 5.0” (Mark, London, UK)
Tonneau-shaped/ black Royal Star badge
Remarks: Heavy metal shell snare drum with parallel action, lug type 923
Star ‘King Beat’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, wooden shell, in Silky Red, 14”x 5.0” (sold here in Germany)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A very rare wooden snare drum with reinforcement rings and parallel action, lug type 923
Jason Snare Drum from the around the year 1963, in White Marine Pearl, in 14” x 5.5” (Matt, Drouin Vic, Australia)
Jason badge
Remarks: Most probably one from the earlierst Star production date: It shows genuine lugs and snare strainer
Boston Snare Drum from the late 60’s, heavy metal shell (from the ’King Beat’ model), in 14”x 5.0” (Matt, Drouin Vic, Australia)
Boston badge
Remarks: A snare drum with a very rare version of a snare strainer
Tempo Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in Oyster Pearl, 14”x 5.5” (Nick, Montreal, Canada)
Tempo badge
Remarks: A wooden snare drum with re-rings inside
Star Snare Drum from the late 60’s, metal shell, 14”x 6.5” (Jarrett, Saskatoon, Canada)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A rare deep shell version
Ralston Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in Blue Marine Pearl, 14” x 5.0” (Jeff, Boston, USA)
Ralston badge
Remarks: A very rare wooden snare drum
Star Snare Drum from the 60’s, metal shell, 14”x 5.0” (Offer, Köln, Germany)
Oval/ black Star badge
Remarks: A rare version with six offset single lugs per side
Star Snare Drum from the early 70’s, metal shell, 14”x 5.0” (Peter, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands)
Tonneau-shaped/ black Royal Star badge
Remarks: Strainer type no. 930 and the ‘One-touch internal tone control’
’Parade King’ Tenor Drum from late 60’s/ early 70’s, in White Marine Pearl, 14”x 12” (Wouter, Steenbergen, The Netherlands)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: Drum has 8 lugs per one side
Lido Supreme Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in Peacock Pearl, 14”x 5.5” (Mark, California, USA)
Lido Supreme script logo badge
Remarks: A rare wooden shell snare drum from Lido Supreme with an extremely rare finish
Royal Star Snare Drum from the early 70’s, metal shell, 14”x 5.0” (Sean, Stockport, UK)
Round/ silver Royal Star badge
Remarks: A heavy metal shell with a rare type of strainer
Royal Star ’King Beat’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, wooden shell in Silky Red, 14”x 4” (Thomas, Erndtebrück, Germany)
Tonneau-shaped/ black Royal Star badge
Remarks: An extremely rare wooden snare drum with lug type 923 and the first parallel strainer system from Star for a snare drum
’Parade King’ Parade Snare Drum from the late 60’s, in White Marine Pearl, 14”x 10” (Roy, Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: Strainer type no. 930; this marching snare drum has two re-rings
Star ’Deluxe Concert Model’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in Blue Agate Pearl, 14”x 6.5” (Manuel, Freiburg, Germany)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: Equipped with the first Star strainer type called ‘Super Snare Strainer’
Star ’Deluxe Concert Model’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, in White (Marine) Pearl, 14”x 6.5” (already sold, in Germany)
Oval/ black Star badge
Remarks: A rare and thin shell snare drum with a later added third re-ring in the middle inside, in order to keep the shell round
Imperial Star ’King Beat’ Snare Drum from the early 70’s, heavy metal shell, 14”x 5.5” (sold some time ago)
Round/ silver Imperial Star badge
Remarks: Contains the first parallel strainer system from Star for a snare drum
Star Snare Drum from the late 60’s to early 70’s, in Clear Acryl, 14”x 5.5” (Lee, Isle of Wight, UK)
Round/ silver Star badge
Remarks: A rare shell version with lug type no. 923