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Slingerland veneers in 1979 catalogue
The Oak, Cherry, Teak and Rosewood finishes were a backed veneer and put on the drums like any of there wraps. Walnut was a stain that went over a map...
10 years ago"New" vintage shells?
Chicago Drum & Restoration also offers an exact "Niles" style shell in either a 3-Ply or 5-Ply shell configuration. In fact they are making "new" vint...
12 years agoSee you at the show?
I'll be there both days, please stop at booth #69 and say hi.
12 years agoChi-town Vintage Drum Show
I'm will be having a booth this year and I hope everyone stops by and says hi at booth # 69, Chicago Drum & Restoration. We're debuting a new line of...
12 years agoSingle Ply Bass Drum Hoops
Chicago Drum & Restoration is working on making solid rerings for a certain drum shell manufacturer for there vintage shells and is going to tool up f...
12 years agoWMP re-wrap?
The aged white marine is a medium chip, still smaller than original finish. I've done a rewrap on a Radio King I kinda like the color, so I made a cou...
12 years agoSet-O-Matic modification
It's just offering a little more adjustment should you need it. It works great on a Super SOM. The folks at Slingerland wished they had this from the...
12 years agoSet-O-Matic modification
I'm thinking this would be a modification to your original mount. You send it to me and I would do the conversion. It looks the same but it would have...
12 years agoSlingerland uni-mold shell
O.K., but in the 73' catalog the sound king toms and the stage band toms both say uni-mold they were not solid shells. Also the Buddy Rich 4 x 14 snar...
12 years agoSlingerland uni-mold shell
What exactly is the uni-mold shell? I've seen it mentioned as a solid shell and a ply shell.
12 years agoSet-O-Matic modification
Just want to post this to see if there is any interest. In 1982 I came up with a modification for the Set-O-Matic tom holder and presented it to the h...
12 years agoWere yo get new raw Keller shells
I've got a 6 1/2" x 14" 5 ply maple snare shell, you can't tell the difference between old Slingy's and this one. He uses the same hide glue formula f...
13 years agoWere yo get new raw Keller shells
If you want to go a little different than off the shelf Keller, try Stone Custom Drums. Bernie Stone bought the old Slingerland Niles shell machines f...
13 years agoSlingerland 20" floor tom
As Dr. CJ stated no Magnum sets came with a 20" biggest was an 18" however the price list does show the 20" was available
13 years agoDating Slingerland Drums
Yes USA built probably the Spirit series with a metal hoop
13 years ago