Hi all,

Here's the latest to enter the Curotto Collection. This is one of the drums that I bought at the 2010 Chicago Show. A "thank you" goes to Mark Cooper of Coopers Vintage Drums for selling me the drum.

1929 Slingerland 5x14 Rose Pearl Tone Flange Artist Model

This drum is all original and in very good condition. I could have left everything as it was and be done with it but I had to get my little hands on this puppy. Fortunately all the drum needed was a nice cleaning/polishing. The Rose Pearl had a few layers of gunk that my normal regimine of GooGone, Meguires #17 plastic cleaner and #10 plastic polish easily took care of. The Rose Pearl is the glue grid type wrap that I have also seen on some Ludwig & Ludwig, Leedy, Liberty and Slingerland drums that I own. The hardware was in very good shape but my Cape Cod Polishing Cloths brightened every up even more to a nice shine. The Tone Flange (hubcap) is the aluminum with holes version and sits nicely on the shell. This was a very easy cleaning/restoration. Enjoy.

Mike Curotto