as with these ole Rk's, student models etc, the sum of the parts tell more than the badge. it is probably more towards later 40's due to the 3 point strainer is why I'm stating this.

Nice drum anyway.

Well, Im not sure how to clean the nickle parts but I cant see Dawn dish soap doing any harm. As far as the ply separation goes you already know what to do. That is a cool drum and I know you will do a nice job restoring it.

If memory serves, 157 was the model number.

You can clean the nickel in Dawn and water to get the schmuck off the metal. Cape Cod cloths are what I use to polish nickel. Takes lots of effort but they can really polish the nickel up better than anything I've used.

A buffing wheel will make the nickel look almost new.

What's going on with the badge grommet? Looks like it's had a microphone jack installed in it at some stage, or maybe a plug for an internal lamp to heat calf heads? Just guessing, any info would cool.

Stevo.

Yes, that's what I was wondering.

Looks like a 1/4" phone plug/guitar cord jack.

Heater, maybe. Microphone/trigger?

I do not think a guitar jack is the best way to supply power to a light fixture.

In fact, possibly fatal, with both terminals exposed when you plug it in.

Shocking!

It is a great old drum.

BTW, I polish lugs and hardware on a Harbor Freight, polishing wheel/2 sides with metal polishing compounds.

Right spindle rough. Left spindle fluffy polish.

There are a few tricks to using the motorized wheels.

I had a chance to work on this snare today. I was trying to figure out the "special jack" in the grommet hole. Decided to poke at it with a small screwdriver and it just popped out.

Drum role .... and it's a Hot Wheels wheel (see attached picture). DOH So no need to worry about shocks.

I cleaned up two of the lugs and they turned out pretty good. A lot of minor pitting, but they are not dull anymore. I know this is going to be a player's drum, so there will be many imperfections.

-Tim