Black 14” snare drum with chrome stand found
Description
I found a black 14-inch snare drum with a chrome stand this afternoon around 3:15pm behind the Chamizal National Memorial parking lot off Paisano Drive in El Paso, TX. The shell is in pretty good shape, just a small dent near the rim and a few light scratches along the edge. There’s a white sticker on the drum shell that reads 'UTEP Jazz Band,' and a red felt pad tucked inside the shell. The hardware is bright and the drum seems to be in working order. If this belongs to someone, I’d really like to get it back to its owner; it looks like it belongs to a student or local band charging through Southwest Texas and deserves to be used again.
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