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WHEW ! Restored Meazzi snare.

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[COLOR="DarkRed"]Here she is . A Hollywood by Meazzi vintage snare drum. Kinda rare, not many around, particularly on this side of the pond. probably early '70's.

Interesting shell...2 plys of maple (seriously).

Oddly, about a month ago on eFlay, in 2 consecutive weeks...there were 2 different sellers auctioning Meazzi stuff. (I have had a search saved for the stuff for 3+ years now and this was the first time they had popped up !).

I thought for sure I nailed the first snare....I put a bid in w/ 20 seconds and I was the high bidder by a longshot...then someone sniped it with 4 seconds to go. Hurting

So, 'fer sure I wasn't gonna let anyone grab the second one. I won it, but it wasn't cheap...nor quite as cherry as the one which slipped thru my fingers.

So, I rec'd it...and the seller had said that one t-rod was missing....so I figure...hey, big deal, right ?

D'OH. The t-rods are HEXAGONAL HEADED and of a thread which is not standard, no any of the 3 Japanese metric varieties...nor of the vintage Premier thread variety. And, of course, the threaded insert designs are custom only to Meazzi...so it wasn't like I could just slip a contemporary insert into their lugs.

Um....yyyyyyay.....CryBaby

So...amazingly...absolutely amazingly....the VERY WEEK I win this snare...I stumble across one of only 3 posts a RECENTLY NEW MEMBER has posted to THIS forum. Posts only 3 times...BUT...ONE post is offering his assistance if anyone ever needs to find parts.... in ITALY or EU !

HUH ?

So, hats off to my new best friend....member [COLOR="DarkGreen"]Toniblanco[/COLOR], of Italy...for hooking me up with HIS good drum friend.... in Germany...who..believe it or not...HAD extra original hexagonal-headed Meazzi t-rods AND snare claws to boot !!!!

[COLOR="Red"](This is why I love these forums, folks ! What in the world were the chances, really....?????)

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So here she is...a 5-1/2" x 14"...everything original. Just took 'er apart, sanded 'er, cleaned 'er (neeeded major de-gunking), tweaked the batter edge a tad, and viola !!!![/COLOR]

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Posted on 15 years ago
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[COLOR="DarkRed"]Another pic...[/COLOR]

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Wow!, (Nice Snare) I personally don't know anything about Meazzi, but the story is awesome. It's great to have networking, working. Your excellent research combined with good people and a little luck paid off. Congrats!

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[COLOR="DarkGreen"]Thanks. Yes, pretty obscure company... although Max Roach did use their snares and was an endorser for a while. They had some wild stuff.

My favorite being, tympani floortoms...some incredible gadget inside the shell at the res head which made the head expand or contract to change the pitch of the floor tom (while it was being played).

My second favorite being...hinged lugs, so you could remove the metal hoops WITHOUT having to completely unscrew each t-rod from the lug casing (mine doesn't have that, but it was a feature).

Also...they marketed one of the first (albeit clunky and bizarre) electric/acoustic kits.

There are a couple of pics here on this site of a nice Hollywood kit, too.

Toniblanco knows a lot about them...I hope he stops by again....[/COLOR]

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Posted on 15 years ago
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[COLOR="DarkRed"]Now, THIS guy's kit.....there's the whole enchilada.[/COLOR]

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=3925

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Posted on 15 years ago
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Congrats, Jaye...

Kevin
Posted on 15 years ago
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[COLOR="DarkRed"]Thanks....it's a damn good sounding snare too...after playing it for a few days....[/COLOR]

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Posted on 15 years ago
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Love the double flange (die-cast?) hoops with clips! What kind of snare wire did it originally take? extended or standard?

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Posted on 15 years ago
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[COLOR="DarkRed"]Hi jcymbal...eh, remember the old days at 'holics ?

That's a good Q...the snare didn't come with the original snares on it, just some generics.

I will ask around and research it though....[/COLOR]

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Posted on 15 years ago
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From Jaye

[COLOR="DarkRed"]Hi jcymbal...eh, remember the old days at 'holics ?[/COLOR]

'course I do! I still hang out there most of the time.

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