1. Quality: Professional grade student snare drum. Shell and lugs are the same as Tower, Powertone, Dyna-Sonic. Difference being the number of lugs, snare set up, throw off and butt. The internal mechanism of the throw off is of the same quality as would have been on its higher end brothers. This was a period when Rogers did not produce "entry level quality" on its student offerings.

2. Tuning... Limitations of a six lugger ought to be obvious. You wont be tuning this for high pitch.

3. The drum....... is very well spoken of by those who have and use them. I have seen several players who say they really do like them for blues.

4. Value..... Color is Blue Onyx. Hoops and Rods appear to be original, Beavertail lugs, so it was made after 1963 and before 1969. There will be a paper tag inside the drum. Peak through the vent hole. 200-250. Excellent condition.

Excellent little snare there. Ask the seller if there is any cracking in the wrap. I have a large set without any issues with the wrap, but the 50 year old Onyx wrap can have some issues as they age. Not sure why some shell more than others, but it is worth asking about.

Thanks for the responses guys! It helps.

I had one for a while with the bread n butter lugs. Mine was WMP over wood and had the tall hoops. It has the best wide open Buddy Rich dingy rim shot sound out there.

I had Joe Montineri solder up the lugs for me but it was too delicate for my stable. I considered making tube lugs that fit the original spacing.

Bottom line it is a very cool, great sounding drum and might be fine with those lugs but I couldn't work with mine and sold it off.

Note I tend to prefer 8 lug to 10 lug snares. I like to hear the shell playing a part more than hardware.