If you want advice please post your pics directly to this site so they will be there for future reference. It’s disappointing to search for a particular subject only to find the original poster has deleted his pic or the pics are gone from the link he provided.

Jeff C

These drums are from the 1920's most of them..your very first one the Metal rope drum I have no clue what that one is

The second one the white drum with the tacked bottom head, it looks like a LEEDY.

the 3rd one the red kit, it is a Noble & Cooley this is a very rare kit.

The 4th one is also a LEEDY.

The 5th one the bass drum is a Ralph G Eames another rare one.

The 6th one is a Beltone.

the 7th one is a Slingerland student marching snare drum the badge date is from 1928-1947. this is one super nice find you have here.

I think the 5th drum was a repair job by Ralf Eames. The paper tag has a faded "Repaired by" written across the top and there is another tag that has decayed over time.

Would you be interested in selling the Slingerland Juvenile snare drum?

If so... mike@curottodrums.com

Mike Curotto

Sorry, I thought there were too many to post here. I don't expect to delete them, but I know what you mean.

Optiguytom!

Jeff C is absolutely correct here. We at the VDF do request that you ATTACH all pics rather then use links. We have found that links, almost always over time, eventually become... dead. And then the info/history and point of the thread/discussion is rendered useless. In the future, take as many posts as needed to attach them all. Not too bad what with 5 attachments per post. THANKS!!

Tommyp

Did you really have no idea what you were getting when you acquired these? That's quite a collection. Congratulations.

Yes, you really must post the pictures here. As said above links go dead eventually, which renders this thread useless. This will save them for posterity's sake and give us a proper archival thread.

Stephen