Oh man, you ruined the paint job! And did a great job doing it. Sometimes paint helps preserve the shell, and it looks like that was the case here. NICE!

Nicely done! She looks great!

Here's a few links to help find parts:

http://www.jp2creations.com/

http://www.drumfarm.com/index.html

http://www.repercussions.org/Hardware.html

I have a few more bookmarked, I'll post them when I find where I put them.

Check out the catalogs for Premier 1930-35, the snare is listed with close ups of the parts, it may be possible, if you can't find them, to have them machined locally.

That is a singularly stunning instrument.

Why on Earth did the company ever paint them to begin with? Insanity. It just kills with the bare brass shell.

John

What's the length and diameter/thread of the tension rods. I want to get the right size tension rods for my Dominion Major. I have 2" spare ones laying around but they're too short. I saw on ebay 2.75" rods and i'm wondering if these would be long enough. Thanks

The same reason that people put shag carpeting over hardwood floors; it was considered stylish at the time.

That certainly is a stunning snare drum!

great snare!! One of my favourites! Cool1

I have one just like it AND in the same color.. Ivory it was called.. they only came in Ebony (black) and Ivory (white) at that time as far as I remember.. I left mine in the white.. love it being "worn".. my major has the 1947 lugs though..

BTW: I also have a matchin 24x14 bass drum.. solid brass hoops!.. one ply 6 mm mahogany!.. booom..guitar3

also in white.. its on my list to restore a little.. some missing parts.. and somebody put new legs on it(might leave those on, cause the original ones do NOT work in real life)!

BTW I altered the strainer so I could use regular modern snare wires.. works ok-ish