Ok, I had an occasion arise to kick me in gear. an to restore the drumcraft snare drum myself. here are before and after, I need to do the rims still, and need three t-rods weird size? I spent almost as much time as if I were working on a real vintage drum I care about wfl,ludwig,leedy, slingerland,gretsch, etc!, I am going to sale the drum now! anywho, here it is.

Looking good.

So surprised that drum has no ply seperation from setting out in nature.

Was it hiding under a big fig leaf? :)

That is quite rare. I have never seen a Drumcraft field snare before. Must have been used by a field band.

??Laughing H

The drums just wanted to return to their roots...Literally....

I may have missed this earlier, but how did you clean the wood so nicely? Did you sand it? Looks very nice.

James

James, yes, I used an electric orbital sander, also repaired all the ply separation. Surprisingly there wasn't much of it.

here are more pics it of it. It seems to of turned out well,

So you need 3 T-rod's are they the fat metric odd size one's about 1 3/4 long end to end?.If so i have them,I will send them to you for a 1.00 just so you can get the drum all the way back together and playable.....Email me...Mikey

Thanks mikey,,, email sent!!!!

.....hehehehe.....field drum....and I thought I was the only one that would waste...er...spend that much time on a beat up MIC snare...hope it sounds at least decent. Use an Aquarian Z-100 on the batter.