Marching snare with a sling.

[CANDRUMMER]

Yup, it’s that simple.

My ROTC band used leather “leg aprons” to eliminate wear on the uniform trousers and a strap around the leg connected to the ends of the leg rest to tie the drum to the leg. The apron was white and a pain to keep clean and the strap was useless. (The bass drummer had a full apron, talk about much too much time spent keeping it clean.

We didn’t use aprons or leg straps in Reading. You had to anticipate the drum movement. After a while, it became second nature, although windy days could make life interesting.

Edit - Dang! I actually found a picture of a leg apron:

The drum apron is a BRITISH idea which used to keep the LEFT pant leg clean from blanco and brasso that were applied to the then used rope drums that were usually brass shelled that needed to be polished with BRASSO and the ropes and ears were whitened with BLANCO. Also saved wear and tear on the pant leg from friction from marching and the drum moving on the leg.

The bass drummers leopard or tiger skins were a throwback to Britsh Army units being posted to India or the Far East in Victorian times.They skins of the animal were "trophies" usually shot by Officers of the Regiment and presented to the Corps of Drums or Band. Tenor drummers sometimes wore small skins like a snare drummers apron or the regular white "buff" leather apron. Bass drummers also wore a leather apron in front to protect the front of the uniform tunic again from blanco or wear and tear.

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The drum apron is a BRITISH idea which used to keep the LEFT pant leg clean from blanco and brasso that were applied to the then used rope drums that were usually brass shelled that needed to be polished with BRASSO and the ropes and ears were whitened with BLANCO. Also saved wear and tear on the pant leg from friction from marching and the drum moving on the leg.

The bass drummers leopard or tiger skins were a throwback to Britsh Army units being posted to India or the Far East in Victorian times.They skins of the animal were "trophies" usually shot by Officers of the Regiment and presented to the Corps of Drums or Band. Tenor drummers sometimes wore small skins like a snare drummers apron or the regular white "buff" leather apron. Bass drummers also wore a leather apron in front to protect the front of the uniform tunic again from blanco or wear and tear.

Interesting; thanks.

In addition to being a pain to keep clean, the leg apron would inevitably ride around your leg and the end of the leg rest would perversely slide under the edge of the apron. Being an ROTC band and not drum corps, you could reach down and put things right without incurring a tic or two.

The other option was to tighten the strap enough to cut off circulation.

[CANDRUMMER]

Interesting; thanks.

In addition to being a pain to keep clean, the leg apron would inevitably ride around your leg and the end of the leg rest would perversely slide under the edge of the apron. Being an ROTC band and not drum corps, you could reach down and put things right without incurring a tic or two.

The other option was to tighten the strap enough to cut off circulation.

If you notice British Bands ie: HM Royal Marines DO NOT use leg rests.They balance the drum on the leg as though it was a rope drum which we all know did not have a leg rest. The only British bands I can recall using a leg rest were the Pipe Bands before going to carriers