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I owned quite a few of these snare drums and a couple stave kits from this drum maker. These drums were made in the mid 90s out of many different hardwoods: maple, black walnut, hickory, ash, and oak. My understanding is that the gentleman who made these great drums passed away around 2000-ish. These drums were quite a rarity in that no one was making stave full kits in the mid 90s. He had his own floating lug design later on, so you either have an early drum or a later owner drilled out the shell for the current lugs that you have on the drum. The drums were finished inside and out with a gloss lacquer, but they were only lathed on the outsides, leaving the insides angular with the different stave pieces. My two kits were: Walnut, and one combination walnut/maple...both were 10,12, 14 toms with a 20 bass drum. The drums were killer sounding and I regret selling them! I bet that drum sounds pretty good! Rob

P.S. Your drum is black walnut

SPLAY ALERT !!

I love the shell, and the non tooled interior, that`s quite the finish on the exterior as well. I`m dig`n that cow branded badge too.

I hate that someone used a lug not designed for floating head hoops though. They do not extend far enough out to pull the hoop evenly over the cylinder. It creates a splay that pulls the hoop towards the center of the shell instead of down the shell. This will bend the ears and eventually the hoop as well as make it very hard to fine tune if at all.

I think since it`s already drilled, pegs and tube lugs would make that one heck of a beauty. Cuz it`s butt ugly looking like that with splay.

I remember that ad and I recall being very impressed with his gear. I didn,t know he passed but he did leave behind some beautiful drums.

If your drum is as you described there is very little you can do about it now. I may have misunderstood but are you saying the heads wont fit over the shell properly?

Those lugs are Flat Imperials.

They came with a backing plate that went between the lug and the shell.

Installing those backing plates would help with the splay.

Help...not cure it because "that"...... is a lot of splay sir.

The backing plates also look really cool and "Vintage Style."

AND..........They are hard to find.

BUT, I have a some for sale.

Let me know if you are interested.

I also have more Flat Imperial Lugs.

WAIT......... just looked again at your pic.

The backing plates are already there.

You need a few more or something to shim those lugs away from the shell.

Yes, you need to bring the lugs further away from the shell so that the tension rods go in straight. They are going in at quite an angle now.

You might be able to find thinner plastic that you can cut to size (almost like thick posterboard), or some thin neoprene foam or rubber material too.

Also, once you do find the appropriate material to give those lugs some space from the shell, you might need to find longer lug screws as well, as the lugs will be further away from the shell.

Good luck,

V

Look at all the space between the collar of the head and the shell above the lug on the left. That shell is undersized, causing the splay.

That`s floating heads. My drums have it too.

Even gaskets isn't going to fix that awful splay. Oddball is right, replacement tube lugs and gaskets would help. Beautiful shell!

John