The Premier Royal Ace Snare Drum was the mainstay of the Premier Drum Company for many years.It was offered in many different finishes with the 5 x 14 being the most common. This model is the larger 6.5 model. It has Premier's unique parallel snare strainer that allows for extra sensitivity across the batter head. The drum is also sports a natural finish which wasn't made available on many Premier models.

To celebrate its 75 years in production, the Premier Drum Company offered a special commemorative drum kit and snare drum. Only a limited number of drums were made. This drum is new old stock. It has never been played. Suffice it to say, with its black lacquer finish, it's quite stunning.

Many Premier collectors consider the Signia line of drum kits as the finest drums that Premier ever produced.

Premier offered a choice of 9 different snare drums as options on the Signia kit. The drums came in your choice of steel, wood, or brass.

The 1036 was the steel shell model and it was one of two models that were available in the 6.5 depth.

The Premier 4 x 14 Snare Drum was labeled the Super 4 in the Premier catalogs of the early 60's. It was the only 4 x 14 snare drum of the time to have a parallel strainer.

The idea was to have the snare wires "float" evenly across the snare head, providing consistent pressure. Thus the drum would never sound choked, or at least that was the theory. Actually in reality, it worked quite well.

Like all Premier drums of these times, the drum was very solidly built and the chrome plating was second to none.

Premier, the English Drum Company, made some fine snare drums in the 60's and 70's. There were a number of finishes offered and the chrome plating was second to none.

This model eventually became known as the 2000 series. The drum was available in a wood or metal shell and it was offered with die molded counter hoops.

The earlier models were made in metric sizes and they were not cheap. In fact, this model was one of the more expensive snare drums at the time.