Hmmmm. No replies on 30 looks......

Maybe I asked the wrong question.

KK.

What is the rarest, most sought after, most collectable satin flame finish?

I don't know about what is most sought after, but it is tough to go wrong with white satin flame. Looks great in any lighting condition and bridges the gap between vintage and contemporary.

To me the rare color's to fine on a Sonor set is green or Red satin flame..The very rarest color is Purple satin flame only seem a few of these set's....FYI these stain flame finishs are very thin their is No need to recut the edges on the drums when you are re-wrapping them....Mikey

Satin Flame is a generalized term, that probably is , as is the usual case, due to Americanization . It might have been the term for a Slingerland wrap but Sonor didn't use that term, although it is possible that the two companies used the same wrap. In the teardrop era , Sonor used the term " Super Multi Brilliant Finish" in the English language catalogues. Originally, there was Silver,Black, and Gold but these presented as White,Grey and Yellow. Later they added Turquoise and Blue and then even later Red and Orange. I don't think purple was on the menu. This gets complicated because Sonor did use the term "Satin" but for different wraps. They had what they called Gescheifert( "Schaled"), which became Perloid, then Super Perloid. By the time it became Super Perloid('66), there were an increasing array of colour options and by the early '70,s there were the wraps Lilac Satin( purple?) and Blue Satin, within the Super Perloid collection. Other companies used the same wrap and called them "Silk".The rarest of the Super Multi Brilliant Finish wraps is probably Orange Shimmer but the rarest Sonor wrap of the modern period(60's onward), might be Poly Pop, which appeared briefly in the late 70's. It was also used by Tacton, again as Poly Pop and by Tromsa , which called it Mexico. Here it is on a 13 x 9 tom, part of a 5 piece Tacton kit.

To me, Rarest equals least popular at the time..

In the Slingerland satin flame finishes I always thought.. 1 the Gold, or 2 the White stood out as the best.. both look great under lights, either natural or stage lighting. But the gold was very classy indeed.

Cheers

Thanx guys.

Still lookin. I'll post pix of stuff I'm lookin serious at and see what kinda traction I get with you guys on that.

Thanx again.

@Mikey777 good to know. I heard it was really thin. could you use water based contact cement on it?

not a big fan of tape on wrap.

nice I don't have to re cut. original edges in great shape. I can tuck wrap pretty decent and have rollers so it should finish up nice.

Yes to the water based contact cement but used the white or clear drying type..On the seam's i used clear 2" double sided tape..Mikey

Dupont contact cement is recommended by the wrap sellers but it is staggeringly expensive. Since you are in Nfl., you can get Lepage's water soluble contact cement. It's a lot cheaper and does a fine job.

".The rarest of the Super Multi Brilliant Finish wraps is probably Orange Shimmer but the rarest Sonor wrap of the modern period(60's onward), might be Poly Pop, which appeared briefly in the late 70's. It was also used by Tacton, again as Poly Pop and by Tromsa , which called it Mexico. Here it is on a 13 x 9 tom, part of a 5 piece Tacton kit.[/QUOTE]

Oh My goodness CS! Never ever seen those!!! Looks like something out of a Picasso painting! Im goig to start researching on those! I have a Cabana Leopard teardrops Im restoring...Theres a black gold spk Snare drum on Ebay right now...Quite rare too...http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Sonor-Snare-drum-Black-Gold-Finish-1970s-/221180622148?pt=Vintgae_Drums_Percussion&hash=item337f647544