So this is what followed me home today. I just can't resist another project, apparently.
When I saw the ad for this kit, I thought certainly this was a 7N kit, since from what I read there were no other ways to get single-headed toms in the late 50s. Should be 12x22, 7x10, 8x12, and 5.5x14.
But when I got there, the kick was 14x24. Everything else was spot-on correct, besides the obviously wrong mufflers and white paint on the toms. So I guess someone decided a Gene Krupa Junior Plus Ensemble should be an option?
About the dirtiest kit I've come across, but the mahogany ply of the kick and snare were just irresistable. Beautiful solid maple rerings. Both drums stamped March 1958. We'll see what's under that ugly white paint soon enough.
I'll need four bow-ties and claws for the kick, and the bottom guts of the snare, so if you have any of those parts available, please PM me.
So is there any market for a kit like this today? The 7N was intended for the budding drummer, thus the single headed toms and 6-lug snare to save a few bucks. From the picture of the 7N in the catalogue, the 10" tom was hoop-mounted on the left, and the 12" was hoop-mounted on the right, so it looked like a 'real kit'. It seems like there can't be many of these kits out there, and when was the last time you saw a Slingy 50s ten inch tom of any type?
