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Hello all,
I've been researching when festivals were first produced in the '60's. They first appeared the 1963 catalog. These are the first 2 sentences in the description;... "An extremely popular, low priced chrome shelled snare drum." ..."The sturdy shell is made of solid brass......" This description goes from 1963 to 1971 catalogs ( there were a few years they didn't print catalogs in that time frame) In the 1973 catalog they refer to the festival as "an extremely popular chrome shell snare drum," So, question;...did festivals have chrome over brass shells from 1963 to 1971? Model 136; 8 lug 5x14. Model 137; 8 lug 6.5x14 Model 138; 10 lug 5x14. Model 139; 10 lug 6.5x15 Anyone have a spare COB model 139 for sale? lol Thanks for any input. |
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Interesting question. Another member and myself were just discussing this very topic earlier today. Sorry, cannot report anything concrete, just theories at this point. Does anyone have a 60's 'Festival'? Brass shell or steel shell.
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I have a brass one no bearing edges, sharp like a razor blade and i only found out because of this thread. i always assumed that it was steel. Thanks.
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The early COB shells had a 180 degree fold for a bearing edge... The later steel shells had a conventional "Sound King" type bearing edge. There are reported instances where Sound King shells were used to build Festivals during times of shortage of available stock..
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drumfx, can you post a few pictures of your 60's 'Festival' model? Shell, strainer, bearing edge and badge please.
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