Here's a fairly rare Sonor Artist Series, 2000’s to early 10’s, Made in Germany snare drum. 10-Lug , 14"x5". Black nickel over chrome finish throughout. All original except for heads and one tension rod. The finish is partially rubbed off on most of the lugs (the worst example is shown in the last pic) -- this actually seems to be a common issue with these snares. There's some very light pitting on the butt plate (hardly worth mentioning). The majority of the drum has a fantastic mirror-like appearance.
The main reason I’m selling is because I’ve found the shell diameter to be too small. I normally tune high (especially with this drum), but with the extra play between the head collar and bearing edge it takes more turns to get tuned up and overstretches the heads. It seems that manufacturers sometimes do this, perhaps so the head will seat better. It does tune up easy.
The drum is hefty, weighing 11.3 lbs. Has the Tunesafe lug system. Sounds amazing!