Bought a 13x3 brass snare from sir plep. nakakabit pa yung Fiberskyn 3 head and Ambassador reso, tuned tight. Too piccolo-y for my taste. I tuned it down, tapos yun, ayos! It matched the pitch of my 14x5 but with less body and more thwack and overtones. May binigay si sir na used Evans Power Center reverse dot I think. basta may dot sa loob. I tuned it at medium tension. It was even better. I can tune the batter just a bit tighter for a slightly higher pitch without sacrificing the mids. I can't wait to slap a two ply Onyx or black Response-2 on it and see how much further I can raise the pitch without making it thin.
Of course it will never have the boom of a snare at least 5 inches deep, but I like it that way, enough mids to power through, lots of overtones, lots of ring, and high pitched enough to separate itself from the mix. I think I'd only change my snare for a power piccolo when the thump needs to be there.
I need to change the snare wires and cords on that snare tho.