By 1963 the shells were 5 ply Maple/poplar/maple /poplar/ maple,my 1966/1967 kit has 5 ply reinforcement rings,I have heard some kits from that era have solid Maple re rings.
Cleveland and Dayton era drums are definitely stout,look how well yours have held up after 40 plus years, the drums got lighter after that,lugs got lighter and mounts went from being machined to cast.
You gotta be kidding! Great find. Hope there not hot and someone got scared and dumped them.
If you have a digital camera, which it seems you do, put the lense near the vent hole on each drum and snap us a picture of each paper tag inside the drums, which is usually located opposite the vent hole. That will help us identify the set for you.
Otherwise, it looks like you have it set up as a 14x20,9x13,16x16 with the extra tom being an 8x12. The snare drum is a PowerTone with chrome over brass shell. The three mounts on a 20" bass drum is usually indicative of a Cleveland era set and often that bass style is identified with the Cozy Cole layout. Check the '64 catalog at the the vintage drum guide section of this sight, which has the catalog for 1964 therein.
Best regards,
Dan
Where do you live? If people there are that stupid I want to avoid it like the plague...LoLoLoL
If you have a digital camera, which it seems you do, put the lense near the vent hole on each drum and snap us a picture of each paper tag inside the drums, which is usually located opposite the vent hole. That will help us identify the set for you. Otherwise, it looks like you have it set up as a 14x20,9x13,16x16 with the extra tom being an 8x12. The snare drum is a PowerTone with chrome over brass shell. The three mounts on a 20" bass drum is usually indicative of a Cleveland era set and often that bass style is identified with the Cozy Cole layout. Check the '64 catalog at the the vintage drum guide section of this sight, which has the catalog for 1964 therein.Best regards,Dan
hey thanks for the info! i took pictures of all of the drum tags including the mounted tom that i didnt show in the other pictures. i also have a picture of the bass pedal if that helps at all. the only drum i didnt get a picture of is the floor tom, the serial number for that is 46129, not sure if that helps anything. and they are all initialed by RLS, except the bigger rack tom so im assuming that was an add on back in the day? is RLS an inspectors name or what? the first picture is the bass pedal, second is the 12" rack tom, third is the 13" rack tom, fourth is the snare, and last is the 20" bass, not sure what the bass pedal looked like new. anybody have any ideas on how to get a new strap or make one for the bass pedal? pretty sure the strap on it currently is just an old belt. thanks again guys
Congratulations. Don't imagine you checked with the police to see if they'd be reported missing, hmm?
Chicks dig guys who can spell.
:)
Based on a recent education received from Jollity Drum Farm's Bobby Chiasson, I'd say 65-66 because of the typed in words "Holiday" on the tags with some having relatively low numbers, but at least one in the 49xxx range. Send him your info and smaller pics (save as web large) and he should be able to nail it for you.
I have a couple of sets in the same era with the same kind of odd numbering and tags typed and or crossed out and written in.
Best,
Dan
Correction - 46xxx, not 49xxx. Apologies, but doesn't change the dating.
+1 on all the replies so far,obviously the ft and 12 " tom came together by the closeness of the ser #'s.
Your pedal takes me way back to my first kit,the first drum repair I ever did was
using a leather belt for a strap. I know that there are some amazing /tough nylon materials you can use for a strap,along with grommets made from metal and plastic/neoprene .I have read about some do it yourself mods for this,hopefully someone will chime in.
Congrats....and nice job cleaning them up. I love hearing stories like this...x-mas3
