Top-Notch....!

Congrats on this one...!!

:):)

Thank you all for the wonderful compliments! She is indeed a Holy Grail find to this Slingerland collector! And of course it sounds as good as it looks Yes Sir

I have a dumb question but which way should the throw be to get no snare wires touching? I have one of these, not same wrap, added a new throw handle but the snare still won't totally throw off. I probably need new snare wires or something on the adjustment side isn't right, can you throw up some pix of the adjustment side? :)

The snares are turned off in the picture, lever to the side is snares on. Clamshells are very finicky and it can often be difficult to set it up so that the snares are tight when on but loose enough to not buzz when off. There should be a small washer between the snare wires and the throw off, these are missing more often than not. So if you're missing the washers, throw some on there and see if it fixes your problem. Also if your throw off or butt assembly are bent at all, which is also very common as the metal used was rather soft, the snares may not disengage all the way, so check that yours are straight. They didn't leave much room for error with this strainer, but I've found once you get them dialed in properly they couldn't be any easier to use.

Great info, I'm missing washers and I think the adjustment side needs a spring. Non original knob for adjusting is some old Pearl made thing that fit the thread pitch. Again great info, I'll try to dial this snare in with your help, thanks! :)

The butt side definitely should have a spring just like the throw side.

How so? I thought as long as the snares extend past the snare beds, it's a RK! Check!

Solid shell - check!

Clamshell - check!

Am I missing something?

Apparently sometimes after '57 Slingerland dropped the name Radio King on these snares, at least that's what I just read in Rob Cook's book...

Exact same drum as the Super Gene Krupa Radio King, the RK tag was just dropped by this time period. Call it whatever you want, we all know what it is.

The Radio King name was dropped some years before this drum was manufactured. It is a Super Gene Krupa and was the flagship snare at the time. A wonderful and historically significant drum. This one has the first "Niles" badge and the last usage of the clamshell strainer. It is a solid shell and a rare wrap on top of all that. Being a vintage drum forum shouldn't we represent things as correctly as possible and not perpetuate common myths and hearsay? Wanting to call this drum a Radio King seems to imply that it needs to be something more, it doesn't. This is an early 60's Slingerland treasure.