How do you take the snares off a marching snare??

Um... Well, why don't you say what kind of marching snare it is? They're all a little different, but for the most part, you drop the snares down off the bottom head with the handle and then turn the knobs until the snares are unattached.

Im guessing your going to attempt to make some type of tenor drum? Other then that, There would be no point in it, but anyway.

Taking it off, If you are making a tenor drum, you might want an original style shell, so everything is put on the drum, not a free floater drum. But anywho...

Get a screw driver, and take all the tension off each individual snare, and then take off the bottom head, from the bottom head you can get a screwdriver and get into the actual drum, in which case you cna unscrew everything and, presto, no more snares or snare system.

DUde^^^ he might just be asking cuz he wants to retune his drum.....like mentioned above you can just unscrew the knob on the side and slide out the snares(if it's a free floater)

Cant you just retune the drum without taking off the snares?

One common reason to remove the guts: replacing the bottom head.

On the vast majority of modern marching snare drums, you'll find three adjustment knobs for the guts: a vertical adjustment knob on top of each end of the strainer and a horizontal tension adjustment knob. To remove the snares, unscrew the tension adjustment. If you keep turning, it'll eventually release the guts, which you can slide out. You DO NOT have to unscrew each individual strand.

Here's a video that shows how to do it.

Exactly what Skydog said. Most likely he would be changing the head. Definitely don't un screw each strand individually I have seen someone mess with those and there snare never sounded the same again.

Yes it is to change the bottom head.... and its a Yamaha sfz

Real easy, I have an SFZ. On the left side of the drum when your wearing it, there is a screw on the bracket with the throw off. Basically you un-screw that sucker until it comes out then pull the snares off through the other bracket.

ok thanks