Radio King Floor Tom

[hankster]

Hi to everyone, This is my first post and i'd like to thankyou for your help. I have set of Duplex Drums that I inherited from my Grandpa who played in orchestra's in the 20's through 50's. The floor tom is a Radio King. The heads are original. I am curious as to what year this tom was made. Im sending pictures of the tom. thankyou

[vadrums]

Judging from the "Beavertail" lugs, your tom dates from the 1940's up to the early 1950's.

[Rich K.]

Very nice, desireable drum. What snare drum did your grandfather have?

[hankster]

The snare is a duplex as is the rest of the set. Hank

[ARCHxANGEL]

Well un-intentionally my question has been answered. I have a Duplex snare. Same lugs as those and features the clamshell strainer. And they are from the 40's and early 50's? Anyway to get a more precise date or is that not very possible due to lack of drum serial numbers?

[hankster]

No serial numbers on the floor tom. I have looked all over. My set of Duplex also has no serial numbers. What's the trick. How do you find out the age?

[Webmaster]

Serial numbers have limited use in most cases.

The hardware, shell, finish, badge are what get you to the closest
date.

We have a resident Slingerland expert DrCJW that has his own forum section.

Follow this link (http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/drcjw/) read everything he has to say and then you will find the link on the contact page.

David
Webmaster

[ARCHxANGEL]

Thanks for that link. Gave me some very good information. I was now able to date my two Slingerland concert toms to about 1975. I knew they were definatly 70's models from bring concert toms,having two clip mounts on them,and the coloration of the interior with re-eforcemnt rings. I'm sure I will definatly be using that chart again as I collect more Slingerlands.