If you ever need more information about drummers, drums, etc. contact Nathan Carroll from Carroll Drums. His father, George Carroll, founded the Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corps and essentially saved the entire genre of music from disappearing.
http://www.ropedrum.com/
Their family is one of the only groups of craftsmen left who still make rope tension drums using original techniques. Cooperman Drums makes rope tension snares, but their drums weigh 10x what an original drum or a Carroll drum weighs because of their construction techniques. I used to paint drums for Nate,. He's a really good guy and also does living history and performances of civil war and revolutionary war drumming techniques. The army woke, marched, ate, advanced, and retreated all depending on what the drums played, and he can tell you what tunes meant what.