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the closest match I have found has led me to believe these might be Ludwigs, maybe from the 20's? One is 15" X 5" - 6 lugs, crimped snare bed, no dents and few scarches. the other is also in very good shape, no dents, no extra holes. The second is 15" X 4" with 8 lug holes. HOWEVER, I have no other hardware, except one old snare butt - the kind one simply runs the string through and ties off. The shells need cleaning, but I will do tht carefully.

ANY HELP WHATSOEVER would be greatly appreciated. These belonged to my teacher, jazz great Tony DeNicola and may have been used in his early years - before he was with Charlie Ventura and definitely before Harry James. I would like to restore them with hardware that is as close to original as possible, even if I have to use repros. Only, I have no idea what kind of strainer was used. I do not want to drill holes for a new strainer, so, if you can help - please feel free. Pics below

Posted on 15 years ago
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Those look like Ludwigs to me. A P83 strainer. Tube lugs from Drummaker. They also have the single flange (straight hoops) with rim clips. These are some of the very best shells ever made. Sound wise that is.

Posted on 15 years ago
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Thanks.

Well, I have located some authentic tube lugs, but finding the single flange rims is becoming quite a ***** of a project. I am thinking of buying a 16" and seeing is a machine shop can cut, weld and possibly even "reround" the 16's down to 15.

I wonder why they only put 6 lugson a 15" snare?

Posted on 15 years ago
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From vibeguy56

I wonder why they only put 6 lugson a 15" snare?

To save money/make a student level drum?

Vintage Snares Vintage Kits
Posted on 15 years ago
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Well, I bought the tube lugs, and found some 15" Radio King single flange rims. when I tried to rebuild the larger, I found that the drum is out of round! I may work on the thinner drum - it seems to be in round. Now I have to buy more tube lugs, etc,etc!

Posted on 15 years ago
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[COLOR="DarkRed"]I HATE it when that happens....Eye Ball

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seriously..I have done things like that several times over...without checking the trueness of the shell...

it sucks.....[/COLOR]

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Posted on 15 years ago
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