Hi all,

Here's another to enter the collection. Thanks goes to Tom Freer for helping me to acquire this drum.

This was an easy cleaning/restoration as the drum shell and Artgold hardware were both in very good condition.

1928-34 SLINGERLAND 6.5x14 WALNUT/ARTGOLD TONE FLANGE ARTIST MODEL

The Shell:

The solid walnut shell (maple reinforcement rings) was in great shape and only needed a slight coat of lemon oil to clean it up. Slingerland solid walnut shells were introduced in 1928 and lasted until 1939 which is generally considered the end of the solid shell era for a number of drum manufacturers...for a while at least, notwithstanding the Radio Kings of course. A nice leftover artifact from yesteryear is the factory penciled "artgold" on the inside of the shell. All 10 of the brass flat head wood screws were intact and in very good shape. The Tone Flange on this drum is the aluminum version with holes and fits nicely on to the shell, which is not always the case as these Tone Flanges can be very finicky at times...more like a giant pain in the butt.

The Hardware:

The Artgold hardware was in very good shape with less than normal wear, so a restoration was not needed, just a light cleaning with Simple Green and a finish coat of 3-In-One oil.

Anyone that owns a drum like this is well aware of the "pure joy" we all share when we attempt to put a top (batter) head onto the Tone Flange...and then hope that the double flange top rim will fit over the oversized batter head. Well, I lucked out on this one, there was a funky old Cana-Sonic batter head already attached to the Tone Flange and the top rim fit nicely onto the batter head so I counted my blessings and paid my homage to the god of "Oversized Heads That Fit Onto Tone Flanges And Still Allow Double Flange Rims To Fit". A nice Slingerland slunk head and the original James Snappi wires rounded out this cleaning.

Enjoy!

Mike Curotto