Kingston is probably a Japanese snare drum. It is on the main list of names for the stencil kits from the 60's and 70's

David

And if it is in really good shape, and cheap, after cleaning, new heads if needed, and a little rework on the edges, they sound pretty good. Got pix? What is the shell, single ply, 3 ply, thick luan? I would like to see it, and may be interested if you are not.

[COLOR="DarkRed"]....You come from Kingston, Mon ?????

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I'm not sure what ply, or thickness or anything. Th drum is on Craigslist here in town, the guy is asking $50 for it, it's a blue sparkle wrap, a late 60's i think he said.

here's the drum

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[COLOR="DarkRed"]That's about what it's worth. Luan shell, Pearl 70's-style lugs, and it looks like lightweight hoops. A 70's Japanese stencil snare. Nothing to write home about...but if the edges are OK and you choose a proper head, they can certainly be half-decent enough.[/COLOR]

gotcha,

Well thanks a lot for the info!

That one is a pass, in that condition, for anything more than 20, IMHO. It will take more elbow grease and time to get clean than you can imagine. The hoops alone, if done the way I do mine, will take an hour or so each. Then cleaning the shell, in and out, reworking the edges, a lot of work for 50.

And as Jaye said, it is DEFINITELY a Pearl, so that, IMO makes it less desirable than if it were a Star. Star seemed to use better grades of hardware. Heavier lug castings, better quality hoops, I have both, and all the Pearl stuff seems to be more work to restore, and doesn't sound quite as good, to my deaf ears....

Shoot, make a lower offer.... you have nothing to lose.

Cleanup time is a given anyway, it's more about how well they will clean up.

[COLOR="DarkRed"]I wouldn't agree with that, exactly. This particular specimen, being the '70's hardware stuff, yes....they went lighter-weight in the 70's.

But I have seen many a Pearl stencil from the 60's with very significant hardware on 'em...heavy stuff, good stuff. Ripoffs of Slingy and Gretsch and Rogers lugs which were seriously heavy-duty stuff. Heck, for a while there, probably on their higher series stencils, they were using a sticksaver hoop copy which was seriously as good as Slingy's. Just depends on the date of mfr....[/COLOR]