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Pitting. I think...
Agree with mountainhick: leave it as it is. In this case you'll definitely make it look much more worse if you wonna get rid of it by mechanical treat...
14 years agoFelt for lugs
@Texray1: The second one. I put one and a half rounds of felt around and it just stays there. The buzzing develops 'cause the spring sits normally ver...
14 years agoFelt for lugs
All the lugs in my vintage Star drums contain a felt-curled spring. I did it like rolling a cigarette (although no longer smoking since > 21 years): a...
14 years agoStar Drum Badge
Pleasure, Brian! And : no Sir, the fellows I know from here don't feel like complete strangers to me.;) Let me tell you a little story: I've been sea...
14 years agoStar Drum Badge
Hi Brian, In Germany there is right now an auction for such a snare drum with a respective badge: http://cgi.ebay.de/SNARE-STAR-Grossvater-TAMA-Made-...
14 years agoNoooo... Not happy
Sorry to hear, but as my pre-writers stated: that's the way it goes today. You still have the option to ask the new seller, that you are willing to gi...
14 years agoSonor "pancake"
If O-lugs is not correct ... and everything works fine (easy tunable etc.) AND still the genuine snares (with the brand 'sonor' on it and in good cond...
14 years agoKeith Thibodeaux on a Vintage Slingerland Kit
So sweeeeeeet - and not that bad for a 'wrong' stick position! Ralf
14 years agoOne Piece Star Wrap Around Tom Mount
You may find clarity concerning genuine Star parts here (60s or early 70s era): http://www.tamadrum.co.jp/anniversary/ Ralf
14 years agoStar Marching Snare Drum?
Mysterious drum. No, it's not a STAR/ MIJ drum - I think this drum is much older than 60s (= when Star started to produce drums under their brand name...
14 years agoOne Piece Star Wrap Around Tom Mount
Mikey777 surely should be able to help you out of this dilemma. Ralf
14 years agoAnyone Got a Wing Screw 4 THIS MIJ Mnt??
If it's really from Star/Tama, then a 8 mm thread should be the correct one. (Just try it out, but without using too much strength ;-) ). Ralf
14 years agohelp needed...very old premier snare
Guess capt.wierd stated it correctly. I found this catalogue - although your snare's 'pan cake' type isn't exactly pictured (see page 9 in the 1937 is...
14 years ago"Kent" Holiday Snare Drum
Great idea ... and well done!Cool1 Ralf
14 years agoPremier is alive and well!
Simply great to learn that this brand with such a big history intends to continue worldwide (in Germany as well). I hope that they find the proper bal...
14 years ago