Snares (Wy Yung)

[HMNY]

I just saw Wy's impressive collection of snare drums, and noticed that a lot of them had very wide snares, 20 wires, forgive me if this is a rookie question, why? What does the additional snare wires do, is it just for volume, does it give better feel, bounce back?

Thanks

[wy yung]

You get more "brrrrrr" for your buck. :)

Not all drums like it.

[HMNY]

OK, thanks. What drums does it best suit, metal or wood, or is there more to it than that?

Spectacular collection by the way, do you play them or frame them!

[PQleyR]

I thought 20 or so wires was standard. I know you can get 40-strand snares too, but I don't recall seeing many with less than 20.

[skreg]

I have an interesting snare on my Gretsch Catalina Maple snare that came with my drum set. It's very narrow and doesn't have snares in the middle. I think it has 14 or 16 wires. I want to play with different snares. It does make a difference.

-sheldon