#brass lugs

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Brushed Brass Snare Drum Lugs

Just shipped out 10 brushed solid brass lugs to Art in Louisiana. The tubes are 3.5” long with a 1.5” center hole offset. Can’t wait to see these on Art’s snare build!

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Customer’s Custom Snares Builds with Coyer Drumworks Raw Brass Lugs

Sage from California sent me pictures of the 2 snare builds he completed using Coyer Drumworks custom brass snare lugs.  They both turned out great!  He just ordered another set of brass lugs for a copper shell that is in the works.

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More raw brass snare lugs

I made these for Sage in California.  He is working on building two snare drums and needed the tubes to be 4″ long.  He is going to put his own patina on them.  He needed 16 total lugs.

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Raw Custom Brass Snare Drum Lugs pre-patina

I made these recently for Ramy in TX.    Ramy is working on a snare project consisting of two 4“x14″ brass snare shells and he wanted a “raw” look to the lugs (semi-unfinished).  He needed 10 lugs per shell.  I made the tubes 2″ long.  After I machined them, I put them in the oven at 450 deg. for about an hour.  This gave them a “pre-patina” look which is exactly what the customer wanted.

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Slingerland Marching Snare to Kit Snare Conversion

Jonathan from Knoxville, TN contacted me and had an old 50s Slingerland Marching Snare shell which was given to him by his Uncle and Jonathan desired to have it transformed.  This was a great project to work on.  Jonathan desired to have the depth of the shell cut from 10 inches to 6.  Jonathan and I collaborated on the final build specs. I cut the shell with no power tools.  After cutting the shell I had to fill some holes and reinstall reinforcement rings.  I moved the Slingerland badge to another location ( I had to as the former location was too close to the bearing edge after the shell was sized to 6 inches).  The outer and inner plys are genuine mahogany with the middle ply being poplar.  While sanding the shell I noticed some small white lines in the grain.  I know that I did not put them there so I researched and found out that these are mineral deposits that the original mahogany tree picked up during its growing process.   There were a few mineral deposits that I didn’t sand out allowing the shell to retain its history and character.

Here is the shell when Jonathan shipped it to me.

During the shell cutting process.  You can see in the lower left where the original badge was located.  The picture here shows the second cut on the shell to get the 6 inch depth.

Here are pictures of the final build with custom aluminum and brass tub lugs.

Here are some comments from Jonathan "...your level of craftsmanship and attention to detail far exceeded my expectations! The drum is truly a work of art. Thanks again for taking on this project!"   "I finally got a chance to play my snare and I'm very happy with the outcome, it might even replace my Ludwig Acrolight as my go-to snare. I took the drum to show my uncle and he was blown away, he didn't realize it was the shell he had given me until I told him. I will definitely recommend your work to my friends and hope to work with you again in the future."

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Solid Cherry Snare Drum featuring Coyer Drumworks Drum Lugs

Check out Garrett's spectacular cherry snare drum build using Coyer Drumworks 100% brushed aluminum and brass lugs.  I enjoy the stories behind projects such as this.  Garrett's father purchased this cherry shell with the intention of building it into a snare, but just never got around to it although he had applied red dye and shellac.  He gave it to Garrett as a Christmas present so Garrett went to work on it by removing most all of the red dye and shellac.  Eric contacted me about making some brass/aluminum lugs for him and I was happy to do so.

Here are some comments from Garrets:

“Thank you so much for such a well made and classic looking product to compliment all the hard work that was no doubt put into the manufacture of this solid shell and the fun I had building it. This snare sounds incredible but I think it might even look better. Thanks again, Ken!“

“I’m really glad I went with the brass tubes on the lugs. I think it’s a great and different look. Not unlike a Noble and Cooley SS.“

            Check out the pictures of Garrett's beautiful cherry snare!

The shell when Garrett received it.

After Garret stripped the shell of most all dye and shellac and applied the final finish.

The beginning of assembly.

Showing different hoops and tension rods.

“The finished drum the way I envisioned it. I couldn’t be more happy with it!“  “Thanks again for your work on the lugs!“