Beautiful drum. The catalogue pic isn't a parallel mechanism, is it? I see two throws, whereas yours only has the one, with the connecting rod (what IS that called?). Forgive my ignorance here, I know next to nothing about Leedy.

When does the Curotto Museum open for business, Mike? I'll need advance notice to book my flight.

Amazing drum in amazing condition. Thanx for sharing it with us.

John

John let me know as I'll go with you & he can get us both out of the way at once. AWESOME drum Mike!!

The drum in the catalog photo is a Broadway Dual, two mechanisms...but the text mentions the Broadway Parallel and the Broadway Standard models.

Mike Curotto

Ah! Silly me. Shoulda read the fine print!

Mike,

First, beautiful specimen there and a wonderful job making it pretty, but a couple questions about the Rainbow Pearl:

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The "glue grid" is quite visible through the pearl and appears to be a burlap-type material similar to the fabric that backs some ceramic tiles. Was the pearl always this transparent or is that something that just happens as it ages, like the natural cracking? Is this example of Rainbow Pearl faded, and if so, what would it have looked like when brand new? I have never seen this particular pearl in person, and I was wondering if certain colors disappear with age (as with Ludwig Psych. Red).

Thanks for sharing that gem with us.

Mike

Yes, it's the age factor...You can get an idea as to what the finish looked like by checking out the catalog photos...all of the tan areas on my drum would have had yellows, blues, greens, reds etc. I have noticed more cracking on finishes with the glue grid type of backing...much less cracking with regular Pyralin (sp) finishes.

Mike Curotto

Apologies for the late post ... awesome drum!

Mike, a question about the backing mesh/cloth for the pyralin:

about when did the mesh backing for the pyralin appear and disappear from the wrap making process?

I am trying to properly date some late 20s - 30s shells that I have.

Thank you.

I am not sure, I would guess the 1940s but not totally sure.

Mike Curotto

Thank you Mike!

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