New member here! I acquired a cool Pearl President snare drum...help ID’ng it!

[Drummerneil]

Hello everyone,

I bought a cool snare drum a few weeks ago and would love some info on it. So here are the details.
It’s a metal 5x14 10 lug drum with the parallel throw off, and looks like a Jupiter, but the badge reads Pearl President Japan. Is this a Jupiter drum, but they hadn’t changed the badges yet? I don’t see this exact drum in any catalog.
What year is this, and what is the shell made out of? A magnet does not stick to it, but heard there’s a coating on the shell....true or not? Are replacement wires available? Puresound used to make them I see...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Neil

[Eric]

Welcome to the Forum. I am not the expert but that snare
is a keeper. Probably a brass shell. Late 60’s to early 70’s
would be my guess. Someone who knows more will chime
in. Looks to be in really great condition too.

[Drummerneil]

Hi Eric! Thank you, I really dig it and it’s definitely a player drum, but it cleaned up pretty well. It sounds great! I was figuring it would be early 70’s from the badge but wasn’t sure.
Thank you for the reply!

[Drummerneil]

From Pearl:

“Neil,

Thank you for the photos. I've been able to narrow this down to a time period of 1975-1976, when the President series was available in Japan. I believe this is a steel shell drum.

I am going to forward a picture to my Japanese contacts, and see if they can give more definitive information.”

Any thoughts?!

[Drummerneil]

Anyone have any input?!
Bueller...?

[BadAstronaut]

74-75 .. if magnet doesn't stick then it is chrome over brass .. Pearl offered COB and COS snares. This snare is a Jupiter with President series badge. The japanese catalogs has this snare listed as "Professional model" and the Pearl President series of drums came with either a 14x5 or 14x6.5 snare depending on which outfit you got.

[Drummerneil]

Thank you so much! Any suggestions as to where I can get replacement snare wires?

[makinao]

IF your snare is anything like a Jupiter, this might help.

[Drummerneil]

That’s awesome thank you!!!
That’s exactly what my drum looks like apart from the badge.