Those original lugs are a beautiful design, cool hoops too. Man, so sad that everything is so generic on most modern drums!

What a score!!

Gotta love that Powerbeat head! Hope you can find the lugs! Man, I love'em!!!!!!!!

Remember that song "Dandy" by Herman's Hermits?

Isn't that by the kinks? Or a different song

Ok so I talked to a guy today and he insisted that I should not rewrap this kit because it will lose its historical and finanical value by 60% ??? Now im torn and dont know what to do. I have no interest in selling it and I would like to play it. The wrap is in horrendous condition but I would really hate to kill off its historical value. I should add that the history attached is from the previous owner who was a session guy and who played with some big acts (In Australia) back in the 50s and 60s. Has anyone else been in a similar dilemma before that would be able to offer some advice??

those lugs are gorgeous! i haven't seen anything like those. john grey is close, but those just seem so elegant.

History will remain with the kit no matter what. But consider what is done in other sectors of vintage interest. Do we leave a house that is deteriorated to a similar state or do we restore it? Do we leave an automobile that is deteriorated to a similar state or do we restore it? Do we leave something as important as a Michelangelo to urban smog or do we clean off the smog? The most precious things are perhaps left as they are, but for the most part we restore. In this case, the guy played with famous acts, but he was probably not famous himself and those two levels of famous are quite different. If the drums belonged to a truly famous drummer, that may be another thing altogether. In that case, you might not even play them and you might also want to turn them over to a museum. In this case, however, I'm with your original idea of replacing the finish. Take a lot of photos to document the condition in which you found it in this chapter of its history, but in my view, bring it back into what it was intended to be.

These surprising lugs looks as a short half of famous Premier and Amati kinds ! Amazing!

I cannot have enough of this set! I come back often to this post to see if theres any advances on the restoration process. Not rushing you though! Amazing score!

Vinny