As always - thanks for the response! My 70 6.5 ss has a replacement set of snare wires ordered directly from Ludwig, NC by a local drum store probably 25 years ago. It's still in good shape - other than the scratches I put in it. Got overagressive polishing the fittings, and left a fair amount of scratches on the chrome shell. Assuming without rechroming nothing will fade those. Have a good wax on it, but now the 69 Supra I picked up recently looks better! Story of my life - the harder I work to take care of my stuff - the worse it looks!!!!DOH