that's a good one to have I think. that's an 84 drum. last drums to come out of Chicago had the large keystone badge. some had serial numbers and some didn't. the ones that didn't also usually have bowtie lugs instead of imperials. some say that that they ran out of imperials before the move. some also say its a 75th anniversary drum. not 100 percent sure here. that should be a bronze drum. nice find. ive got a 5x14 supra in the same. yours is a model L-552.

mike

here's mine. mine was certainly meant for a b/o badge as the large Chicago badge(no serial number as well) is mostly hidden under the top hoop.

mike

Typical Ludwig quality control, after the second one they should have adjusted the drilling station to accommodate the full badge view !i

Thank you for all your help with this Mike!!

The holes were/are punched into the shells, most likely by the company that spun the shells. So Ludwig would get a large order in that was already punched and if they made a production change that didn't work with the pre-punched pattern they had to work with what they had (because they weren't about to not use them).

ko

you've got one. bust out a pic...

mike

I don't have that exact drum but I do have a couple of large Keystone Chicago badged drums. Both have the high badge placement.

Hi Fellas!

I recently bought this project snare, I guess it fit in your description above

(Large Keystone Badge-Chicago/ no S/N / 10 Bowtie lugs..)

Could be probably an ´84 LM410 model Chicago factory pre-moved ??

Thanks for your wise responses!!Bowing

same deal on that one as well. I think I saw it on ebay earlier today,or one like it. Chicago badge,no serial number maybe,bowties...

mike