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Rare Snare?
[COLOR="Navy"]mmoitzh: I'm afraid your picture is too small and unclear, which, even combined with your description, makes it impossible to give a de...
17 years agoWhat is my age?
[COLOR="Navy"]Al: You have a Metal Hoop Parade Drum, shown below, made by Slingerland with this strainer and features during 1934 - 1941. However it...
17 years ago60's Slingerland 17x12 Tom (questions)
[COLOR="Navy"]man will always be man: A fascinating piece ? depending on what the original factory hoops were this is either a Haskell Harr Model or...
17 years agoLate 80s Slingerland Curiosity
[COLOR="Navy"]8EZslings: No, these drums are from a classic Magnum kit circa early 1982. The seller simply misread the first digit as a 6 when in fa...
17 years agoNew UK member with Slingerland id question
[COLOR="Navy"]Warren: My sincere apologies for this late reply. Again, what a wonderful kit. While there is always some variability, your kit looks...
17 years agoSlingerland Snare Dating Question?
[COLOR="Navy"]bunn1: Apologies for the late reply. I assume you likely have determined this by now, but this is a Gibson Music Yo import from the 20...
17 years agoWise Investment?
[COLOR="Navy"]OldSchool: Apologies for the late reply. Hope whatever you decided to do is working well for you! DrCJW[/COLOR]
17 years agoWhat is this color
[COLOR="Navy"]DonS: Actually it is a version of Slingerland's Sparkling Blue Pearl, a version very commonly encountered in this time period of the mi...
17 years agoHelp with Age of Vintage 26" Slingerland
[COLOR="Navy"]drumstorage: 1937 - 1941 Radio King No. 306. The large streamline lugs were standard on Radio King bass drums in that period. The orig...
17 years agoDifference Between Chrome and Wood Snare Lugs
[COLOR="Navy"]Poorsh30: Slingerland lugs from any drum of the same era can always be used on another Slingerland drum, but you do need to make sure y...
17 years agoSlingerland Chrome Over Wood Snare
[COLOR="Navy"]Yes, Niles Slingerland began offering its Chrome finish as early as 1968, and kept it straight through 1986. This wrap was chrome-plate...
17 years agoSlingerland Help
[COLOR="Navy"]stevep: These items really do come up on a fairly regular basis in the vintage market, and certainly on eBay. So depending on how quic...
17 years agoSlingerland Sound King?
[COLOR="Navy"]nailfoxx: Well, your description, while certainly helpful, is still perhaps a bit thin. So some risk without seeing the drum, but your...
17 years agoSlingerland Parade Snare
[COLOR="Navy"]mmyers7836: 1953 - 1956 Legion Heir, Model No. 519 in 10x15. This was a real workhorse economy-level parade drum, very widely used in...
17 years agoSlingerland 80N Copper set
[COLOR="Navy"]flyfields: Always one big caution on this finish, if I may. Slingerland's Copper finish is a steel wrap onto which was placed a very t...
17 years ago