Remo Black Max Marching Snare Head - 14 Inch Batter - KS-0614-00
Remo Black Max Marching Snare Head – 14 Inch Batter – KS-0614-00
The playing surface here isn’t Mylar, it’s a woven Technora aramid fiber — the same class of material used in body armor, and many times stronger than steel by weight. That’s what lets a marching snare be cranked to the extreme tensions a drumline needs without the head pulling, warping or going out of true across a season.
Remo builds it on a high-tension Duralock hoop, which seats the head evenly around a marching shell and keeps the intonation consistent from lug to lug. It’s the standard batter head for drumline, marching band, indoor and drum corps work, and it stays surprisingly soft under the hands for something built this tough.
Key Features
Technora Aramid Fiber Weave
A woven aramid playing surface that resists pulling, warping and wear at tensions that would destroy a conventional head.
High-Tension Duralock Hoop
The reinforced counterhoop keeps the head seated evenly, which is what gives you consistent pitch all the way around the drum.
Crisp, Articulate Response
Rolls and rudiments come back clean and defined rather than blurring, which is what a line needs to sound like one player.
Soft Feel Under the Stick
Despite the tension, the surface stays comfortable to play, so hands hold up over a long rehearsal block.
Wide Tuning Range
Takes you from a warm indoor tension up to a bright competition crack without the head giving out at either end.
Built for the Field
Designed for drumline, marching band, indoor and drum corps use, where heads take weather, travel and daily rehearsal.
How to Fit and Tension a Marching Snare Batter
- Release the tension rods gradually in a star pattern. Marching snares hold enormous tension, so back everything off slowly and evenly rather than freeing one side first.
- Lift the old head off, clean the bearing edge, and check the rods and lugs. Put a little lubricant on the threads while the drum is apart — at these tensions it makes a real difference to how evenly the head comes up.
- Seat the new head, then hand-tighten every rod before using a key. Bring the whole head up in stages, star pattern, a half turn at a time. Never take one lug far ahead of the others.
- Once you’re near playing tension, tap beside each rod and match the pitches, then go around again. Expect to retension after the first rehearsal as the head settles.
Care Tip: Back the tension off when the drums go into storage at the end of a season. Leaving a line of snares sitting at full competition tension for months stresses the heads, the hoops and the shells for no reason at all, and it’s a five-minute job per drum that adds a season to everything involved.