This is a rare bird!

Brass shell Ludwig Black Beauty 5x14 snare drum from the late

1970's/early 1980's.

Drum sounds incredible!!!! No mods, holes. All complete down to the original wires and batter head.

From the 1980 Ludwig Catalog:

Shells are of one piece,

SEAMLESS construction, made of SOLID BRASS, beautifully reflecting a dark, gun-metal mirror finish.

Ludwig's famous and traditional center bead not only reinforces this exclusive metal shell but adds to its full resonance and its very special and rich brass-shell sound!

No. 416-5" x 14" BLACK

BEAUTY

Snare Drum. Supra-Phonic Model.

And I ship fast and securely too!