I'm still not enough convinced to participate with an entry.
Now, the classical setup of a drummer's kit gets into the picture. Again : within electronics the range of percussion sounds is much, much bigger. Should you restrict yourself to a snare-sound as close as the acoustic one, or do you like to expand and create another sound with the same function as a snare, namely the basic counterpart to the 'kick' in the beat-pattern.
The sound of breaking glass would become quite boring after a short while, but such a sample still can remain useful.
Load it and use only the 2 or 3 highest octaves of the instrument. Or edit (modulate) the sample, like stretching, etc.
Still nagging about the 'melodic' thing. I agree of course about the disabling of tonal instruments, like a marimba with a certain well-tempered note-scale. But I think a frequency-variation should be possible. Many examples with acoustic percussion where this can be done. The elbow-pressure on a snare-skin, the wrist on a tabla, the string-bow on african drums.