Hey guys,
Here's another update on my '59-60 Slingerland bass drum restoration.
Thanks to Mcjnic , I've got some "new" old WMP to fill holes (that ive plugged with dowels)in the wrap on my Slingy. Its slow going, but Im getting there and Im really happy with the results :). Had I known I was going to do this from the beginning, I would have first cut out the "new" old WMP and attached it to the dowels before inserting the dowels in the shell, so that the wrap on the dowel and wrap on the shell could be flush. Such is life. There is a slight difference in the height of the patched wrap and original wrap...oh well. The drum still looks a heck of a lot better than when I got it :).
First pic: before wrap patch.
Second pic: wrap patched !!
James