I usually try to keep my drum purchases under fifty bucks these days...but I made an exception, today! heh heh
I stoled this picture from the EBay auction and resized it, but when the drum gets to me, I will take some more.
It appears to have some nice calfskins with a slunk snare side head and everything seems to be in extremely nice condition and is very complete, as you can see.
Here is a link to the auction:
It's basically, a Sears and Roebuck snare drum from (what appears to be) the 1940's-possibly early 50's(??).
It appears to be a 12" mahogany shell (can't be sure until it gets here) with solid maple hoops.
It's a single-tension tuning system with eight T-rods & claws.
It has a very simple throwoff design (similar to others I have seen on 'juvenile' drums).
The snare wires appear to be wire-wrapped linen or possibly silk(??)
The butt "plate" is metal.
The book(s) and papers included may be of historical interest and possibly worthy of adding photos of, here at the website, for reference material.
And it comes with the original drumsticks and the carrying strap, too!
I went over my budget by $1.00....and S/H, of course. ;) But, I think it was a pretty fair deal....I think I'll be happy with it.
:)
Awesome.... looks to be in great condition !
That was a nice little catch there O-Lugs!!
Thanks, you guys. PartyParty
Nice one ther O-lugs!
I think I did see that one on the Bay ....interesting drum & looks pretty clean. Are you going to play it?
I thought it would be a lot of fun to some day eventually get a complete kit of old drums like these.....one at a time - doesn't matter if they're mixed & matched just so long as they're all old (20's or so to 40's maybe) & have the wood hoops. Maybe a 26 or 28" bd & a 14 marching drum with the wood hoops & convert it to a floor tom. It might be a tad difficult to find a 10 or 12" drum with old wood hoops........fun to look though.
What do you think?
Again........I like your drum - good score & what a price....Keep on Pl
Thanks!
I'll likely not play it on gigs. I keep these drums in my living room on display and I occasionally take one off the shelf and run through some rudiments on it, but most of the time, I just display them. This one looks nice and complete and I'm really curious to see the old paperwork included and determine what year the drum was made.
Thanks!I'll likely not play it on gigs. I keep these drums in my living room on display and I occasionally take one off the shelf and run through some rudiments on it, but most of the time, I just display them. This one looks nice and complete and I'm really curious to see the old paperwork included and determine what year the drum was made.
Cool ! Looking forward to see some pics of it.
Okay! The drum arrived today and it is in almost like-new condition! Truly! The details are that the shell is solid mahogany and the rims are solid maple. There are no die-cast parts. The finish is lacquered and in flawless condition. The drum came with the sticks, strap, catalog and lesson booklet as well as the price list. It appears to be a drum that was NOS -like it was set up at the factory -All the t-rods are evenly tensioned. The snare wires are set for maximum adjustment leeway. The heads are seated (no edges, btw...just squared-off cuts!), sent out , shelved, forgotten until years later and...now it's here! There is literally not a scratch on it! Check it out!
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