Dad rescued this red sparkle drum set from a derlict house about to be bull-dozed that was in a highway easement by the road & bridge company dad was a surveyor for. This was in 1984. He used them as a practice kit for about 10 years then they went into the attic when he & mom moved to a different house. They are sizes 22x14, 16x16, 13x9 and 14x5 snare.

When he first got em the bass drum was missing the spurs, hoop & t-rods & claws for one side. Floor tom was missing both hoops, tension rods, tone controls and the legs. Rack tom was missing bottom hoop and tone controls. The snare seems have all of it's original hoops, hardware & strainer set-up. Throw-off lever was gone, dad made the one pictured with a long screw & a piece of plastic tubing. The wraps on all the drums are in decent shape. They've got that "grainy" texture from shrinkage over the years. The insides of the shells of the bass & floor tom are scratched-up from someone "nesting" the drums inside each other. All the reso side bearing edges have some nicks & dings in em. Apparently the previous owner(s) used this set quit a bit with-out reso heads.

I gonna clean em up for dad. Smooth-out the wraps, replace the missing/incorrect hardware.

Can some of you Gretsch gurus tell me what we've got here? On the snare label it looks like model #4157? (faded) Serial #56675. Round badge w/grommet. The knob to the right of the throw-off was literally stuck on with chewing gum to plug an extra hole. Maybe use to have a key holder?

The rack tom label has model #4415? (faded) Serial #57590

Floor tom is model #4418, serial #44993

Both toms have the round badge with tack. Toms have no vent holes. They look like they had tone controls on both heads.

Bass drum is missing label & badge. There is a vent hole on top of bass shell.

Here are some pics: