Yamaha Roy Haynes Centennial 14×5.5in Copper Snare Drum

What would have been Roy ́s 100th Birthday, Yamaha Drums has decided to honor life and legacy with a special Centennial Signature Snare Drum YCS1455RH. Hand Hammered and carefully assembled by Yamaha’s PHX staff in Japan, the 14”x 5.5” copper shell is the core of this unique instrument. Each drum is carefully assembled and finished with a Roy Haynes Centennial badge marking a production run limited to just 100, with only small batch heading to the UK. Specifications Product Code: YCS1455RH Shell Size: 14“x5.5“ Material: Hand Hammered Copper 1.2mm Bearing Edge: 45°/R2.4 Color (Outer): Clear Stain Yellow Color (Inner): Clear Stain Yellow Badge: Roy Haynes Centennial Special Lug Shape: One Piece Lug (SD3) Hoop (Batter): Dyna Hoop Hoop (Bottom): Dyna Hoop Head (Batter): Coated Ambassador Head (Bottom): Snare Side Ambassador Strainer (L): Q Type Strainer (R): DC3 Type Snare: SN1425H Snare Bed: 2.0mm Other: Inner Mute Roy Haynes’ career and contribution to music was one of historic length and depth. His style foundational enough to earn him a lifelong nickname – ‘Snap Crackle’ – within a decade of his first forays into professional jazz drumming. A foreshadowing of foundational impacts to come. It’s rare for a musician to have so much of a hand in so much of a genre’s history, outside fast-moving innovators in niche sub-genre spaces. So, when someone like Roy Haynes comes along, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Roy didn’t just have an active hand in the development of jazz but did so over eight decades – and in so doing, had an active hand in the development of modern drum technique and philosophy.