Well, thank you very much! I appreciate that. I love being able to display drums like this on the forum. It makes the hours (and hours) of restoration worthwhile.

As always thanks for the info and pics Mark. Good to know. I belong to the local Gaelic American club and there's a very old accordion wall hanger that has Sea Green Pearl trim on it. I've tried a few times to get a good pic. But the dining room is always dimly lit. I have a better phone now with a flash so next time! These banjo's are much cooler though!

Accordions! I was aware that many were pearl covered and I assumed that sea green was probably used. I've never seen one, though. It would be great to see a photo if you can get one.

Just saw this thread and I have to say this is the most impressive kit I have seen posted here for a long time. Absolutely beautiful, love everything about them. It would be hard for me to play that floor tom with those faucet handle t-rods, I would be whacking those with my sticks, but it certainly wouldn't stop me from playing those beauties! And why are those ride toms on such a weird angle?

Glad you like it! A lot of guys put the t-handles on the bottom of the floor tom. I just like the way it looked with them on top. The odd angle of the toms just illustrates the difficulty of early tom holders. If you look at the old photos (especially catalogs) the toms are often in what seems an un-playable position. Like that Buddy Rich 1930's promo photo. I was just going for looks when I set these up for the photos.

Also, drummers often put the small tom on their right, even if they were right handed players. I think it was used like an accent drum and the 9x13 was more the "go to" tom and used more often. I think Dave Tough did that, sometimes.

Cool, thanks for the explanation Mark!

I sure will Mark. I'll see if there's a brand name on it. They keep it on a wall that has no direct sun thankfully. It's in pretty nice shape still.

Stunning Mark.

I've not even tried using the original tom holders on my kit as it seems they would put a lot of pressure on the hoop. I might try it anyway though.