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Gretsch round badge kit w/ 16" bass drum
This kit with the 16" was custom made for Elvin Jones by Gretsch for a rehearsal studio in NYC. Sweet.
13 years agoLyon & Healy restore help needed
Here are the badges I need. the drum original had 2.
13 years agoLyon & Healy restore help needed
Grantro, They seem to be 1/4 inch. Here it is next to a normal rod.
13 years agoLyon & healy Badge
I am looking for 2 Lyon & Healy badges as shown in picture. The bass drum I am working on originally had 2 badges. They are probably pre-1925.
13 years agoThe oldest drum set
Here is my oldest so far. 1943 Slingerland Rolling Bombers. Bermuda, should I keep the heads slack for display purposes? They are original Radio King...
13 years agoLyon & Healy restore help needed
Good call Purdie. The citrstrip is working just fine. Couple more coats to go but all the inlay is intact and is pretty as hell. I have all the hardw...
13 years ago1920's Walburg and Auge Drum Kit Project
If the tacked heads are intact and are pig hide you can wet them from the inside and set in the sun or over a small lamp and see if they tighten up. W...
13 years agoLyon & Healy restore help needed
Hey thanks John. And I just happen to have some of that around. There is a small hole knocked into the shell that I will have to patch so that will be...
13 years agoLyon & Healy restore help needed
I have had this old painted blue bass drum around for a while and just got to finding out what is is. I have id'd it as a Lyon & Healy 12" X 30". her...
13 years agore-tacking tacked heads
Here is my whole Bomber kit.
13 years agore-tacking tacked heads
OK here's what I did. Fortunately whoever took the original tacks out must have changed their mind as the original pig head was still in place on the...
13 years agoRolling Bombers
I have not taken any lugs off but they seem to have a metal insert inside that the rod screws into. Here is picture of the wood pedal. The sound is b...
13 years agoIs my bass drum a Radio King or a marching drum?
I never knew Bill Monroe to use a drummer. Name? Pictures? Him using a drummer in his band would be very unusual.
13 years agore-tacking tacked heads
The 14" tom on my Rolling Bomber set has had the tacks removed for some reason and 2 small holes drilled in an area that could be a cymbal holder??, M...
13 years agoAttention experts. Name these drums.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtwWQMwRf-M&feature=endscreen&NR=1[/ame] Check out those 2 low-boys. One going one way and one the other.
13 years ago