Hi all,

Here's another one from eBay via a friend in Nashville. I usually don't go European but I am a sucker for old, funny colored snare drums. The seller purchased this drum from the "Sir" Alan Buckley Collection in the UK so there is a bit of a lineage here. The 1950s-60s Slingerland collectors out there should find this drum most interesting.

1930s 6.5x14 Capri Pearl Carlton Standard Model

This drum has a quasi-Slingerland vibe to it as you all can easily see. The 8 lug shell is 3-ply mahogany with maple reinforcement rings. The Capri Pearl wrap is in very good condition and the seams (there are two seams) are strategically placed in line with a tube lug. The wrap cleaned and polished up nicely. The chrome hardware was in very good condition aside from the normal weathering that happens to the steel tension rods but everything cleaned and polished up nicely. The tension rods are slotted. The collar hooks are similar to the Slingerland "chubby" versions and are chrome over steel, nice and strong. The 3-pt. strainer is very Slingerland-like with exception to the thumbscrews on the strainer tension plate and the extension lever. The extension lever has no marking/stamp. The guys at Carlton must have studied with the assemblers at Slingerland as the 3 pt. strainer hole pattern on this drum has that Slingerland "dip to the right" drilling in the hole pattern. I especially liked that the "Carlton Standard" stamp is on the top and bottom rims. There is no badge. The air hole is right above the butt plate and is secured to the shell like a grommet. I used the heads and wires that came with the drum. There you have it...Dear diary...Curotto goes European!

Enjoy!

Mike Curotto