Harry J. Cangany Jr. Anna: Bill Ludwig II sold me the drum that we have for years have called the William S. Hart Drum--the Triumphal (your picture). I asked him back then why he had a drum that was made for Mr. Hart and he didn't know. I am sure that's because he never asked his dad. So, here is my theory. I think Hart, a movie star, either sent someone into the music store to buy the best drum they had--or maybe he went in. The Triumphal--24kt gold over brass and enraved and burnished-- cost $125 back then. I think he bought it and decided to get something more ornate made and that would take months. The All Gold, in this case, is 24kt gold over solid silver with hand engraved and burnished hoops and the sterling silver swastikas and script logo. In the meatime, he had something to give his son. The store then sold the All Gold snare (it is NOT a Triumphal) for $650 and probably agreed to take back the Triumphal when the All Gold got there. Well, a store can't resell as new, a drum that has left the store, so they probably got Ludwig to agree to take the Triumphal back since the publicity is what Ludwig wanted. Hart was a very famous man because of his starring role in countless movies. I know the Triumphal sat in the Ludwig conference room until Bill II took it home and that was years before he sold it to me, and I later sold it, and it has been sold twice since. So there are two William S. Hart Ludwig snare drums..the Triumphal (your picture) and the All Gold (my picture).