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Slingerland Cutaway Project
I began the restoration project the other night, but not before reviewing some past posts to learn what may or may not work. Good thing I did! Hardw...
4 years agoSlingerland Cutaway Project
Glenn, that’ll be a great time machine. Josh
4 years agoSlingerland Cutaway Project
Yep to the schlep. Interesting way of setting up concert toms over on your right. I might combine the cutaways with my Purecussion Rims bass drum fo...
4 years agoSlingerland Cutaway Project
Thanks everyone. I have another project ahead of the drums (building bedroom furniture), but that should be done in another few weeks. John, I can&#...
4 years agoSlingerland Cutaway Project
I saw these for sale on Craigslist and thought they would make a good project. I have been looking for some candidates for a Stars & Stripes/ Thin Bl...
4 years ago60's Rogers Floor Tom s/n label - markings?
I refurbished some Rogers drums. When I removed the rewrap, I found that the drum was signed, on the exterior of the shell, by Ronald Kendig, with Se...
4 years agoRemoving Wrap?
Brian, I have never attempted to remove the chrome wrap off of a drum before, but after peeling a few drums here and there, I would never attempt to d...
4 years agoRogers Expert Please Help
Ken, I restored some 1958 Rogers drums. They had three-ply shells with three-ply reinforcement rings. You’re good on the shells. Josh
4 years agoRogers Expert Please Help
The lug mark on the right is most obvious. It is between the yellow marks. I had to reduce my image, so go back to the original image and look where...
4 years agoRogers Expert Please Help
In your first photo I can clearly see the outline of B&B lugs. Not the entire length of it, but definitely parts of it, on the edges of both lugs. A...
4 years agoNikkan marching school snare
I remember being in a marching drum corps in the early 70’s. At a parade in Cuyahoga Falls, there was a flag and baton corps made up of little...
4 years agoRogers / Slingerland replacement & repair parts
Leedy, I am well aware of what facebook is all about. My remark was addressing the apparent bewilderment expressed by the OP that others were not usi...
4 years agoRogers / Slingerland replacement & repair parts
Hello Steve, I don’t know you and therefore don’t want to read too much into your word choice, but it appeared to me that your statement a...
4 years agoSlingerland re-born
Very nice work. That snare looks factory fresh and ready to serve another 100 years. Josh
4 years agoIdentification help
“Back in the day” I worked for Penneys for a few years. It came to me immediately. Can’t speak for Thin Shell, but sometimes age h...
4 years ago