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70's Slingerland Aluminum Snare Help
My Slingerland Aluminum has a seam that has an inside reinforcement plate that is spot welded onto the shell ,closing the seam (The seam is perfectly...
13 years ago70's Slingerland Aluminum Snare Help
I have this exact drum, but my seam is well formed, even & joined. I've also seen several other drums of this model , but have not seen the poor work...
13 years agoDating K Constantinople
A lot of the sound of a cymbal comes from the bell. It's obvious your bell is destroyed. I'd be surprised if a JB welded disc will be any improvement...
13 years agoCool Ludwigs on....
I emailed Goodwill several times recently complaining about their weight estimations & shipping prices. They were claiming ridiculous weights that we...
13 years agoLudwig Kit - I.D., Date, and Advice Requested...
Your concerns, & plans for rewrapping, & reconfiguring are all overly complicated & expensive. Take the tape off, clean them up & live with them as...
13 years agoZildjian Earth Ride with weird logo on bottom
Earth rides fascinate some people, but they're as musical as Brake Drums ! !
13 years agoValley Drum Shop Snare Lugs ID
Seem to be Slingerland "Magnum" series lugs, used between 1981-85. (AKA 700 series).
13 years agoLeedy c.1900-1920,6X14"
Details of Leedy snare.
13 years agoLeedy c.1900-1920,6X14"
Leedy 6X14" snare, Top of the line 14 single tension rods. "Ideal Combination Snare Strainer & Muffler". The main selling points of this snare was th...
13 years agoGuess this Leedy badge...
Sequences & time lines are established by multiple examples, & systematic patterns. (The drum world is full of anomalies, out of sequence badges, se...
13 years agoGuess this Leedy badge...
I'd prefer to see some proof of the sequence.
13 years agoGuess this Leedy badge...
As far as the badge goes, it strikes me as an odd sequence to have an Aluminum badge (WWII), a Brass/ Blue badge, & then an Aluminum badge again. Se...
13 years agoSlingerland Stereo-Tom Toms
You can Google "Slingerland Stereo" & come up w/ an old ebay listing of a cocktail drum w/ a clamshell strainer. But there is no proof this was offer...
13 years agoGuess this Leedy badge...
This type of script seems to show up in Leedy catalogs around 1947, & is the script used in the Leedy & Ludwig catalogs by 1950(though that badge is d...
13 years agoZildjian Earth Ride with weird logo on bottom
Check ebay, "completed listings", forget about "Buy it Now" asking prices.
13 years ago