well, I've been needing a leedy utility strainer for my early 20's leedy engraved snare. ran across this leedy on ebay with a nice buy it now. immediately spotted the strainer I needed. drum looked rough. had been painted,twice. figured it would make a good donor drum. also had the fillister head tension rods that I needed for the snare side on mine. sounds like a plan,right.. went to use the rods, too large. wouldn't even go through my hoop. then I got to looking at the drum. totally complete, no damage,completely playable. you guessed it. time for another rehab....
i'll let the leedy guys identify it,if you'd be so kind. I thought the inverted bead, slotted tension rods and the strainer might put it early 20's? really not sure. hoops and clips are steel. has the original wires as well. has a radio king calf head batter and an old 60's Ludwig parade snare side head. its a 5x14 one piece shell and is very light. took a while to get it cleaned up. shell has no damage or dents really to speak of. shell was in better shape than I expected. probably scuffed it a bit before they painted it. not sure what the paint was, but not even acetone would put it dent in it. it had been on there a while. shell finish really looks nicer than what the pic shows. its a neat drum, I think.
so...still looking for the tension rods and utitlity strainer for the other leedy! the pic with the paint is from the ebay sellers auction. calf head had an inscription on the underside that I took a pic of as well.
bonus..drum came with a neat trap case, period sticks,brushes, some Ludwig & Ludwig mallets and a slotted drum key.
mike
