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Dating a Slingerland COW TDR
[COLOR="Navy"]Well, you certainly chose a forum name appropriate to the ownership of a TDR with that serial... And you can actually verify that media...
18 years agoSlingerland Snare
[COLOR="Navy"][/COLOR][COLOR="Navy"]ach: Sorry for the quick-speak. Picture on the left is of your drum. Next picture on the right is what the norm...
18 years agoSlingerland Shell Interiors-Lacquer or Polyurethane?
[COLOR="Navy"]Phil: Yes, Slingerland used a cellulose base hot lacquer sprayed onto the interiors of their maple shells in the 1970s. DrCJW[/COLOR]
18 years agoSlingerland Snare
[COLOR="Navy"]Rickard: Rich K. has it (including the non-factory rollers). Here's a few more fun wrinkles. Your drum looks to be circa 1974. At th...
18 years agoSlingerland Shell Interiors-Lacquer or Polyurethane?
[COLOR="Navy"]Phil: A thin layer of clear lacquer was mostly used, but a clear varnish would be just fine. DrCJW[/COLOR]
18 years agoWhy the Tan Beige weak-milk chocolate paint
[COLOR="Navy"]Phil: Purely product marketing - other drum companies had "signature" interior coatings and Slingerland thought they would try one of t...
18 years agoUnsure of dating--serial # vs. finish
[COLOR="Navy"]Mark: Thank you very much, it's my pleasure to help. Yes, circa late 1975 or early 1976 is right for your kit, with Chrome over wood a...
18 years agoGuess Who???
[COLOR="Navy"]David: WOW, a very early photo capture of THE MAN (very young) who started it all! Carl[/COLOR]
18 years agoNeed some details on my Slingerland 4 piece kit...
[COLOR="Navy"]WERNER: You have the basic core drums of a top-of-the-line Slingerland kit from exactly 1970. Finished in Slingerland?s very nice Blue...
18 years agoSlingerland Mysterious Drums
[COLOR="Navy"]Slingerlander: Would be happy to help, but please provide a solid description of features, and if possible, pictures. DrCJW[/COLOR]
18 years agoSlingerland Odyssey
[COLOR="Navy"]Ken: The Odyssey was a PTS kit made for Slingerland by Remo. It was a brief marketing experiment during 1983 - 1984:[/COLOR] http://w...
18 years agoSlingerland Spur Mount and Cymbal Mount Years?
[COLOR="Navy"]Bill: Yes, similar dates, except this new housing, used by Slingerland for shell mounts (cymbals, cowbells?), bass drum spurs and floor...
18 years agoNeil Peart mid 70's COW Slingerland 3-Ply Artist Snare
[COLOR="Navy"]PWindows878: http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1156 DrCJW[/COLOR]
18 years agoNeil Peart Slingerland 3-Ply Artist Snare.
[COLOR="Navy"]Phil: No, Niles Slingerland did not use Luan. The first time Luan appeared on a Slingerland-branded shell was in 1989, well after the...
18 years agoSlingerland T-Rods?
[COLOR="Navy"]Bill: Right that is basically correct. The first T-rod (bottom) with the straight collar appeared at the end of 1957, with 1958 its fi...
18 years ago