I just bought a Slingerland snare (wood shell 14 x 5?). On the inside of the shell it's signed:
Paul Bleifuss
6-8-95
I know that Paul Beifuss made his own drums...
Does anybody know what this kind of marking means? Did Paul Bleifuss own it, or work on it, or nothing? I'm just curious what it might mean.
Why would somebody sign&date the inside of a shell?
-Mark
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Here is a pic of my 1978 Ludwig Coliseum`s inside of shell signed by WFL II back in 1996...I didn`t own the drum at the time, but it is definitely a keepsake...Great sounding drum too!!
Marked23...I think the drum was either signed at the time of manufacture or was signed at a drum show...
Cheers
Paul did a lot of custom work on drums. He was the first guy I met who knew how to correctly true a shell and bevel the edges. He did a few of my kits.
He was a real detail artist. His first kits I saw with the inside of the shells like white glass were impressive. This may have been one that came through his shop. He was a really great guy. I have heard that he made incredible aluminum snares of his own. Like to see and hear one.
SA gGd
I own a gretch set that I bought from Jim Plank (studio and symphony player from San Diego). Jim told me that Paul did the bearing edge work and refinished them. They do not have any markings from Paul unfortunatly. I looked Paul up and got a lesson from him on his methods for bearing edge work.
