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Carl F Ludwig Rope Tension snare drum?
Interesting drum! It was for sale somewhere else in the last year or two. Carl Ludwig was a well known percussive figure in Boston, but not as a drum...
5 years ago[B]1920s GEORGE B. STONE & SON, INC. 5 x 14 BLONDE (MAPLE) MASTER-MODEL
Another beautiful Curotto drum! Usually the claws and oval 'Stone' washers lose their plating first but this drum cleaned up nicely. Bravo! The Blond...
9 years agoWhat is this massively old snare drum?
Lugs are Duplex. Going by the shape of the missing badge, your drum might have been an early 1900s build for Gretsch like this one:
10 years agoI've never seen another one of these. . .
Might be one of these: https://www.google.com/patents/US1630461?dq=1630461&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMIuar1gbKOxgIVF3-SCh0YkQss Strange drum for...
10 years agoWTB: Slingerland Rapid Strainer
Looking for a Slingerland Rapid Strainer for a 1965 Leedy snare drum. This one is shot... Anybody have one for sale? Thanks! -Lee
10 years agoSnare wires
From jccabinets...
11 years agoDuplex badge (and wooden grommet). Well I have to try.
There's one on the Bay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Duplex-Badge-Vintage-Snare-Drum-/171005109068?pt=Vintgae_Drums_Percussion&hash=item27d0b2e34c Not mi...
12 years agoGeorge B Stone Drums Help
From radioking...
12 years agoGeorge B Stone Drums Help
Good work with the stripping! I know how much work that takes. I'm still not sure they are Stone shells though. Stone made mostly single ply maple sh...
12 years agoGeorge B Stone Drums Help
From thomasehirshiii...
12 years agoAnyone know this snare 3.5x14
tdennis is right. It's the top half of a modern marching snare drum. PS, thanks for sharing my pics Purdie! The similarities really are pretty cool.
12 years agoDuplex 15 1/2" Snare, NOB
From CT Pro Percussion...
12 years agoLyon & Healy restore help needed
Hi Bill, The inlay on that drum is amazing! Great to see the paint come off and reveal the wooden detail underneath. Once it's down to the bare wood,...
13 years agoDuplex 15 1/2" Snare, NOB
From Shawn M...
13 years agoDuplex 15 1/2" Snare, NOB
Hi Shawn, Cool drum you're working on there! The leather 'butt' which Jesse is talking about is simply held against the bottom hoop by the snares. It...
13 years ago