<<<...but will post a before/after restoration that I did...photos later tonight...>>>

Here you go Chris...the bottom drum looked like the top drum before I did what I do...let me know what you think.

Mike Curotto

Hey Mike,

Thanks for the replies and for posting the pics... nice work!

Well, I'll have to see what my friend wants to do with it... this has been mostly a fact-finding mission thus far. I may PM at some point with additional questions.

Thanks for the help,

Chris

Any time Chris...

Mike Curotto

My Dad had his original Black Beauty from the 1920's when he played in the West Point Band and traveled the world playing on the Queen Mary. I played his Black Beauty from the 1950'suntil we,regretfullynow, had it chromed in 1960 because it looked so bad. It is a 5x14 ( wave pattern) beautiful chrome drum but would it be possible or worth it to have it "unchromed" to its original condition? Thanks for responding, Harrabey

Go to www.AKDrums.com ... Adrian does wonders with restoring shells...look at the restoration links and you'll see my shells and others that he has brought back to life...he'll be able to re-blacken your shell without re-etching the original engraving...he is worth every Euro that he charges!

Mike Curotto

Mike is this the correct link?? http://www.ak-drums.de/

That's the link, Mr. Jim.

"How much for the Fancy drum?"

stories still occuring speaks to the legacy.

Harrabey, welcome!

After much thought, I would leave that one alone.

What a story...