1. Rogers Dynasonic Snare Serial Numbers
2. Rogers Dynasonic Snare Drum Dating System
3. Rogers Dynasonic Snare Drum

Yeah, so that’s definitely a chrome over brass 5x14 Dynasonic and that serial number would suggest late 60s/early 70s Dayton Ohio manufacture. Rogers script logo, oval badge (pre Big “R”).

The Rogers drum badge and Rogers finish pages are also very helpful when dating Rogers Drums. Rogers Drums are considered the best made drums in the 60's with the best quality control of any of the drum manufactureres of the time. Rogers fans will strongly support their Swiv-o-matic Hardware. Mar 15, 2017 - Rogers' most iconic contribution to the history of drum innovation is without a doubt the dynasonic snare. This strainer system pioneered the.

All good.Is there a paper tag glued into the inside of the snare? That can help with IDing Rogers drums sometimes.So, these are desirable drums, and assuming all yr parts are original and your snare frame assembly works, it’s worth several hundred bucks even in parts.Unfortunately, I can’t tell from your pics if all the gunk in the outside of the shell is dirt that can be polished away or -more likely- chrome pitting off the brass inner core of the drum. The condition of that chrome plating absolutely moves the resale price point.And course, how well the thing plays is a big factor as well: with that broken bottom head you won’t know how it’s supposed to sound.Take it to a drum shop and see what they say.it’s worth the time to let somebody who can see it close up make a better guess than I can from this distance.Edit: I’ll boil down my windy verbiage:I can’t tell from those pics whether you have a Parts drum, a Players drum or a Collectors drum.

Those badges are 966215.216.217. Al Drews Music, Woonsocket, RI. This badge series was in use in 1979. D966981 is a COB 6.5 Dynasonic with Rivet-top dampener and throw off knobs. D955413 is a COB 5x14 Dynasonic with Solid-top knobs. The D955413 came with a large set of five ply drums, D96342x was a 13' five ply tom in that set.I did discuss this number series in the guide. The D96xxxx and D97xxxx were used at odd times throughout the XP8 era.

Drums with early period and drums with late period characteristics are both seen. And then, there are unused badges at odd points in the numbering range for these 20,000 numbers.The best explanation I have is this.Here is an exerpt from an email exchange I had with another seller of Rogers unused original badges, these were in the D97xxxx range.My question:I am interested on what possibly was the total serial range of the unused badges? From the research I have done writing the Big R period dating guide, badges in this range should have been used about 1979-1980. We do know the NO SERIAL Badge was used in 1980 into 81 when the RD series badges were used, through to late 1982 when badge series D100000 and up to 125000 at close of production in 84.The Response:I don't know. I bought these from Music Dealer Service,who bought them from CBS Musical Instruments. There were about 250 badges left on the roll in the late 80s when I acquired them.

Rogers Dynasonic Snare Serial Numbers

In all,it was a 'parts department' with most of the parts being replacement parts for their 'nuts and bolts' from the Taiwanese 360 and 380 series, a lot of Remo heads with Rogers printed on them,and a good smattering of American parts like the later collet noses (that I sold off to Drum Supply House and Steve Maxwel). I did have the Rogers catalogs dating back to the 1920s, which I sold to Rob Cook at one of the early Vintage and Custom shows he did in the Chicago area. Rob Cook writes books on the details of production history,so maybe your question would be good for him to try to answer.

So, while not a very conclusive answer, it certainly does do much to explain this anomally. Very soon after the introduction of XP8 drums, the NO SERIAL badge came into use. These remaining numbered rolls of badges were pulled from the production line and relegated to a back room use. And occasionally they got used.

Rogers Dynasonic Snare Drum Dating System

Rogers Dynasonic Snare Drum

The oddest thing to me is that with all the moving Rogers did during the last 4 years, why did not someone just throw out these partially used badge rolls to save the inconvenience of packing them.