Hi

I bought a Slingerland COS snare on eBay. Serial no 13653 which I think makes it around 1974, Sounds pretty good but I'd like to ask about a couple of things:

1 When i took the head off I was suprised to find no angled bearing edge - just a simple edge with the metal folded back tight on itself. I hope that's normal in Slingerlands of that era and that I havent bought a fake. Does anyone know?

2 The shell is out of round - slightly flattened at the point where the edges of the sheet that makes up the body join. That join has a reinforcing plate (inside the drum of course) which looks original - as opposed to having been added later. Would a specialist shop be able to get it back in shape - or would that even be worth the cost?

Any thought comments or advice will be welcomed.