Young drummer out of Poland, Max Psuja, tests a 1999 Le Soprano New Vintage snare drum for the drummers' website [ Ссылка ] and [ Ссылка ] company.
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1. Product
Le Soprano is an Italian manufacturer who builds high-end drum kits and snare drums according to traditional methods of Italian master woodworkers, using traditional materials and hardware. The shell of the snare drum tested here was made from North American maple. According to Mateusz Wysocki, this Le Soprano New Vintage Maple snare was manufactured in 1999.
2. Basic snare drum specification:
Manufacturer: Le Soprano
Model: New Vintage
Size: 14″ x 5″
Year of production: 1999
Material: North American Maple, 10 plies
Finish: Satin Natural Maple
Hoops: Power Hoops, 8 tension rods
Strainer: Cast lever
Lugs: Tube type
Snares: German Brass, 20 strand
Heads: Aquarian Texture Coated / Aquarian Classic Clear
Muffler: No
3. Test and sound
When testing the Le Soprano New Vintage Maple 14″ x 5″, we also used a 1966 Ludwig Super Classic drum kit, Impression cymbals and Aquarian heads (Response 2 Coated on the toms, Texture Coated and Classic Clear on the snare as well as Super Kick I Coated on the bass drum).
Max first presented the sound of the snare produced by single strokes at different levels of dynamics, he then proceeded to playing rudiment-based patterns to finish off with a rhythm figure using all the kit elements as well as performing a groove.
This is what Max Psuja had to say about this kit: “The Le Soprano New Vintage Maple is a wonderfully crafted and beautiful-sounding snare. It’s got a lot of warmth and brightness to the sound, it’s very open, with a wide range of tuning possibilities. I think the instrument will deliver in such genres as jazz, softer kinds of rock and alternative music”.
