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Edgware: convert a 14 x 10 marcher into a 14 x 5 snare
King Louie, it's very simple. I'm sure you can do it. Suppose you want a red sparkle. Strip the shell, remove glue etc. Sand. Apply a thin layer of p...
10 years agoTromsa Shells Vintage Custom Kit!
Nice!!! Heavy color, I like that. Natural wood hoops work well. You know the kind o wood it's made of? Looks like the wood in a orphan marching drums...
10 years agoEdgware: convert a 14 x 10 marcher into a 14 x 5 snare
Hi Folks, I'm working on hand-laying a quite coarse red glitter on a set of orphan premier shells that I bought for almost nothing. I also wanted a m...
10 years agoCustom Orphan Marching Drums Mini-kit
12, 14, 16, 18 all stained/oiled and interiors coated grey. Waiting for cutting bearing edges. The 12 and 16 are structurally adjusted to make normal...
10 years ago1930's W&A - Big Blue
djeeeezzz!!! Very beautiful and inspiring!
10 years agoOlympic Kit
@ Wado, yes that's what I meant. quite crude, but if it were my kit and I wanted to make a players kit out of it I wouldnt mind.
10 years agoCustom Orphan Marching Drums Mini-kit
same problem with the 16 inch shell. Too wide. I deepened the re-rings. Glued in a piece of board with a center that I will use with an axis to slim t...
10 years agoCustom Orphan Marching Drums Mini-kit
14 and 18 inch shell waiting to be stained.
10 years agoCustom Orphan Marching Drums Mini-kit
12 inch rack-tom-to-be has arrived. Thought it was pre-int 12 inch, but it wasn't. It was too wide, 31,4 cm. I decided I want to use the shell as it i...
10 years agoOlympic Kit
I guess wait for a fitting piece of wrap to come a long. looks loke grey ripple. maybe you could buy it new. Or if you want to make a players kit, rip...
10 years agoAnyone know this wrap? ;-)
Nice kit. For as far as I know. Beverley kits were sold in America as Premier Projectors.
10 years agoOlympic Kit
I'm curious if and how you're gonna fix that rack tom's wrap.
10 years agoAnyone know this wrap? ;-)
Thanx, I must say it looks better in person, has a certain glow. How I made it: I started with stripping and sanding. Then I applied a pretty thick te...
10 years agoAnyone know this wrap? ;-)
Anyone know this wrap? No? Could very well be. It's a special paint. I've been doing a project lately. Restoring/special-painting a Beverly Blue Badge...
10 years agoCustom Orphan Marching Drums Mini-kit
I know the problem of pitch. I came across it in a previous project (16 bass, 10 rt, 13 ft, 12 sn) in which I also used a marching tenor-tom for bass...
10 years ago