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15" Trans stamps..What would you do?

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I sought out this forum initially to find the best ways to clean and restore my drums. Drums done, now it's cymbal time.

Sometimes maybe ignorance IS bliss...lol

I bought these 15" hi-hats used from Manny's in NYC in 1965. I can't imagine I would have spent more that $50 at that time for them.

Anyway, I found by reading on this forum that Bar Keepers Friend is probably the way to go to clean them.

I ALSO learned (through the efforts of posters like Drumaholic) that they look (to me) like they have trans stamps. Weights? 935g lower, 885g upper. The question is----Do I dare?

I don't ever plan on selling them BTW.

They have been cleaned in the distant past, probably with either Brasso Never-Dull or Noxon, I don't recall which I used, if not all. That was long before I became educated in these matters. They, along with my 22" & two 18's spent all of 1971 with me on a destroyer in the South Pacific. Playing on the deck of a destroyer is probably not a healthy environment for them, so I kept them polished up to avoid corrosion. (You think YOU played a big room, no echo in mid Pacific...lol)

My gut feeling is "go ahead and make 'em shine"

But will I be breaking any laws?

Is it a mortal sin? or a lesser one?

Or, should I let them keep their accumulated grunge?

Looks matter, but sound matters more.

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Posted on 14 years ago
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I'd leave 'em alone, personally--the patina and grime dry the cymbal sound our a bit and also make them more mellow. And yes, they ARE trans stamps.

1970 Ludwig Downbeat
1965 Ludwig Hollywood
1970 Ludwig Jazzette
Posted on 14 years ago
#2
Posts: 160 Threads: 26

Please don't clean them IMHO.

but if you think they want wash their body, do it!Excited

I actually think they're not dirty at all.

Posted on 14 years ago
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Posts: 2628 Threads: 40

[COLOR="DarkRed"]I lean towards leaving 'em as is - if you do clean try to get Wright's Copper Cream - it's a tad gentler than Barkeeper's. BTW - not sacrilege to clean 'em IMHO. I am not heavily against cleaning vintage cymbals if the patina\grime is really butt-ugly or excessive - if not I tend to leave 'em be.[/COLOR]

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Posted on 14 years ago
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