Just got this from Leedy Guy.
He is an excellent gentleman to do business with.
Thanks Leedy Dude.
So, I have never seen one of these apart before.
No, it won't take a standard 13" or 12" head.
Head size might be 12 3/4" if it would actually work.
The "heads" are a mylar sheet held in the rim with a band of steel.
Sort of a compression fit.
I was surprised at the bearing edge.
Fun stuff.
Very cool drum. !
OK, the shell is split in 2.
And all the "hardware" comes off.
Lugs have a recess for a square 8/32? nut (lug insert)
The only thing glued to shell is the "script" logo.
The snares had a long pulled out wire. I cut it to length and used a soldering gun to melt it back into plastic tab. Kind of like Ludwig plastic ends.
Head and ring.
Bizarre design, never seen a Mastro before. What does it sound like?
It is a toy drum.
I don't think it can sound good.
It will be a job just to get it to sound normal.
The heads are not real heads.
The throw and butte are plastic.
The snare cords go through holes in the edge of the head.
The reso side head is damaged.
Will try to repair it.
Right now it is just a toy restoration.
We will see.
Very cool to see thanks! I (like many of us) had one when I was little. My first step down a long road. Was pretty much done when the heads broke. I got mine for Christmas one year. Never saw the box and if there were instructions or spare replacement parts list. Kind of a bummer as the drum itself survived and lasted a long time for being plastic and all. My MIJ blue sparkle snare replaced it a few years later.
This post was interesting right away because my second snare drum was a Maestro. Upgrade from one that was basically paper that I had as a 3-year old. Then FFR428's piece started to turn me toward the Twighlight zone. Somewhere back home there is a picture of me that has that snare and that raised brick fireplace hearth, which is exactly what was in the living room of the New Englander I grew up in. Too weird. For a half a second I thought, how did he get that picture of me? LoL.
I didn't follow up immediately with MIJ blue sparkle though. I had a black Howard and then the MIJ Laboz set in blue sparkle.
PS FFR428 - Same andirons and fireplace cleaning tools too.
Thanks to green glass drum for bringing the Maestro forward!
What a great Christmas Picture!
What year was that?
When did these Mastro drums come out for sale?
That must have been so exciting for a young lad on Christmas Day.
I myself never got one of those toy drums.
I started with the wooden angled rubber coated practice pad and sticks.
Not nearly as exciting as a shiny Mastro Snare.
They really made these for looks. And looks only....I guess.
The plastic shell is so shiny with little sparkles in the plastic.
Joyous time for a young man.
