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What do you think of using steel wool to "clean up" old stands, lugs etc.?
From Jaye...
14 years agoSlingerland question
From hawghunter...
14 years agoQuestion about cymbals just recieved
You sure those are the names on 'em? It's a bit of a tradition with some cymbal makers for hand-crafted cymbals to be signed by the artisan who made...
14 years agoWhat do you think of using steel wool to "clean up" old stands, lugs etc.?
There are plenty of cleaning methods that work just as well or better, without causing the damage that steel wool does. Just because something alread...
14 years agoneed help ID'ing slingerland snare
Yep, that's a Sound King. (Nice drums -- I have a few myself!) Without seeing the badge, it's pretty hard to pin down its age, but we can tell it wa...
14 years agoOld snare drum, any ideas?
Adding just a little bit to Tubthumper's response... The National Music Museum at the University of South Dakota has a "Lion Brand" snare drum made b...
14 years agoAntique Chinese lion cymbal, tiny hole
He wouldn't have to drill holes to suspend it from a strap. You can suspend from the center hole -- it's actually not uncommon for orchestral suspend...
14 years agoRevere by Kent
Borrowing a quote from the Kent page on the Coopers Vintage Drums web site: "E.W. Kent Mfg. Company also produced drums for other companies during th...
14 years agoAntique Chinese lion cymbal, tiny hole
Maybe hang it on a strap from an arm or a boom stand on something like a Gibraltar "Gong Cymbal Stand Mount Hook"? The little hook seems to run about...
14 years agoStrange Stick Size
Regal Tip's Alex Van Halen signature stick is 17 3/4". Their Metal X and Chester Thompson models are 17". The Vater 1A and DSK are 17". For what yo...
14 years ago2-Ply Shells? Is this possible??
I don't have any hard evidence one way or the other -- just hearsay and a hunch based on the Kent shells I've seen -- but I don't believe Kent's shell...
14 years ago2-Ply Shells? Is this possible??
There have been two-ply shells before. Slingerland made them before WWII. Kent's shells have been called two-ply (although they may have been a sing...
14 years agoaluminum shell slingerland?
If you've got a chrome metal-shelled drum with a Zoomatic, it's almost certain to be brass. If it has three fine lines circling the drum, that's anot...
14 years agoPremier Snare, Rogers kick pedal, and remo roto toms....year/model/value please?
Looking at completed listings on eBay can give you an estimation of what something's worth. For example, a Rogers Swivomatic pedal in working order s...
14 years ago21" A. Zildjian trans stamp cymbal
HERE is an online timeline of Zildjian stamps, showing variations they've used over the years. The trans (transition) stamp was used in the 1940s & '...
14 years ago