Kevin, I have a L&H bass drum that has those giant rod heads. Do you have a key for it?

Thanks,

Bill Armstrong

Thats very interesting i believe that if you have a kitchen marshall amp it is worth big bucks. What i need to know is did kitchen manufacturer percussion as in this snare drum, this drum as i said belonged to a soldier who died in the first world war, so kitchen & co were around in the early 1900's.

Man, I don't..... bummer....

If Kitchen was a chain of music stores, it's likely that the drum was manufactured by someone else and the proprietary name "Kitchen" was simply added for their 'line' of musical instruments. There were a bunch of turn-of-the-century companies in the north-east that sold drums under their own name who all used the same single manufacturer in Boston. You may not be able to track down the original manufacturer. It was the era of catalog sales!

Sweet old drum, can't wait to see it restored to its former glory.

John

Thanks John

Reading through what you said it seems to make sense. When you say manufacturer in boston were they shell and hoop makers. The lugs mounted on the hoops are what i cant find on other drums look like the ego lugs we have today. On the hoops the inside on both is in red paint should i leave them like that or strip the paint off.

Thanks

sean

> When you say manufacturer in boston were they shell and hoop makers.

The company manufactured complete drums, but they sold them to several other sales/distribution/catalog companies which put their own tags (or stamps) on them. Depending on how many contracts they had from other music companies, there could be a dozen different brand names appearing on essentially the same drums from a single manufacturer.

> The lugs mounted on the hoops are what i cant find on other drums look like the ego lugs we have today.

I had a 1913 brass shelled snare that had the same hoops (with spherical ferrules attached,) to accommodate the tension rods. The spheres on mine were smaller in diameter than on your hoops, but the same style of hoop. The drum I had was American made. (Oliver/Ditson - not sure spelling.)

> On the hoops the inside on both is in red paint should i leave them like that or strip the paint off.

I'd just polish them up as best I could and leave as much of the original paint on there as possible. Some may flake off during polishing.

Can't wait to see photos of the drum restored, best of luck.

John

Thanks John

The date ties up nicely, as the first owner of the drum died in the first world war. The condition as far as im concerned is top class. spent more time in storage.

Thanks

sean