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#73126 - 02/12/05 07:56 PM Lock Field Drums Vs. Pipe Drums
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So I was shopping around tonight for some field drums. I came across Pipe drums while I was at a website. They look the same and everything. Are there any differences between the two? Or is it just a fancy name for a field drum.
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#73127 - 02/12/05 10:13 PM Re: Field Drums Vs. Pipe Drums [Re: Askew]
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Here's the basic layout for them:

Traditional Field Drum (Today's Drum Corps Drum):
- Comes with one or two sets of snares
- One set of snares is usually a "Gut" snare (usually under snare side head)

Pipe Drum
- Two Set of Snares
- Both sets of snares are Coil Snares, not gut.
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#73128 - 02/12/05 10:24 PM Re: Field Drums Vs. Pipe Drums [Re: Askew]
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Pipe Snares are also traditionally referred to as "Side Drums."

Pipe snares are made the way they are with coil snares in order to provide a quicker way to get a wet, scratchy, snare sound. To achieve the sound of a pipe drum, with a corps style drum would take a little longer, and would require some tricks & techniques. As for a traditional "field" drum, you might think of something they used back in the American Revolution. If you've seen The Patriot or something, where the red & blue coats march at eachother with their muskets, you hear those old field drums playing simple little cadences to hold up the "mood" of the battle. Those are "field drums", which is now a term commonly used to describe the more modern high-tension capable drums we have today. If you purchase a pipe snare, you can use it for other things besides a bagpipe band or a pipe & drum corps, but there's no point when you can buy a modern day corps-style drum. (It sounds like that would be more up your alley)
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#73129 - 02/13/05 12:08 AM Re: Field Drums Vs. Pipe Drums [Re: whoiga]
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Ok, I Have a question. (I've ben wanting to ask, but I didn't want to start a topic) but what is so good about the pearl Philharmonic drums. They just look like older, crappy field drums to me. But they are also very expensive...so can anyone tell me about this? and sorry for getting off subject....
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#73130 - 02/13/05 12:14 AM Re: Field Drums Vs. Pipe Drums [Re: TRiCksHoT]
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Ok, I Have a question. (I've ben wanting to ask, but I didn't want to start a topic) but what is so good about the pearl Philharmonic drums. They just look like older, crappy field drums to me. But they are also very expensive...so can anyone tell me about this? and sorry for getting off subject....




Those drums are for orchestral use... such as if a piece demands a field drum, the deeper Philharmonic Field drums would be used.

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One another note, I would recommend straying from pipe drums. They do not have snare throw offs (those dandy mechanisms to turn off the snares), but only have snare strainers (the snares are always on).
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#73131 - 02/13/05 04:17 PM Re: Field Drums Vs. Pipe Drums [Re: iBuckeye]
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Well, for Pipe & Drum Corps (or Bagpipe Band if you will), Pipe drums are preferred. But yea, if you're looking for a marching band or drum corps style drum, don't look at Pipe snares.
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#73132 - 02/14/05 09:13 AM Re: Field Drums Vs. Pipe Drums [Re: Askew]
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So I was shopping around tonight for some field drums. I came across Pipe drums while I was at a website. They look the same and everything. Are there any differences between the two? Or is it just a fancy name for a field drum.




This exact same question has been asked many, many, many times.

Please use the search feature before posting a question.

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