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Question for Rogers experts
Rob, I don’t feel qualified to offer a value, but I can tell you that those are desirable drums, with desirable swan-leg hardware. It comes wit...
5 years agoSlingerland Cutaway Project
JDragon, That is indeed a wild set you have there! I bought the paint today, and also bought some masking tape that extolls it’s ability to blo...
5 years agoSlingerland Cutaway Project
I am in a quandary: so far I have stripped and sanded three of the drums. The maple outer ply on each drum looks really good, but there is some disp...
5 years agoSlingerland Cutaway Project
Yessir, I am going to paint them in a stars & stripes motif, along with a thin blue line motif. If you are not familiar with the Thin Blue Line flag,...
5 years agoSlingerland Cutaway Project
I began the restoration project the other night, but not before reviewing some past posts to learn what may or may not work. Good thing I did! Hardw...
5 years agoSlingerland Cutaway Project
Glenn, that’ll be a great time machine. Josh
5 years agoSlingerland Cutaway Project
Yep to the schlep. Interesting way of setting up concert toms over on your right. I might combine the cutaways with my Purecussion Rims bass drum fo...
5 years agoSlingerland Cutaway Project
Thanks everyone. I have another project ahead of the drums (building bedroom furniture), but that should be done in another few weeks. John, I can&#...
5 years agoSlingerland Cutaway Project
I saw these for sale on Craigslist and thought they would make a good project. I have been looking for some candidates for a Stars & Stripes/ Thin Bl...
5 years ago60's Rogers Floor Tom s/n label - markings?
I refurbished some Rogers drums. When I removed the rewrap, I found that the drum was signed, on the exterior of the shell, by Ronald Kendig, with Se...
5 years agoRemoving Wrap?
Brian, I have never attempted to remove the chrome wrap off of a drum before, but after peeling a few drums here and there, I would never attempt to d...
5 years agoRogers Expert Please Help
Ken, I restored some 1958 Rogers drums. They had three-ply shells with three-ply reinforcement rings. You’re good on the shells. Josh
5 years agoRogers Expert Please Help
The lug mark on the right is most obvious. It is between the yellow marks. I had to reduce my image, so go back to the original image and look where...
5 years agoRogers Expert Please Help
In your first photo I can clearly see the outline of B&B lugs. Not the entire length of it, but definitely parts of it, on the edges of both lugs. A...
5 years agoNikkan marching school snare
I remember being in a marching drum corps in the early 70’s. At a parade in Cuyahoga Falls, there was a flag and baton corps made up of little...
5 years ago