Thanks again guys! Glenn I always figured it was a Ludwig or Leedy, from the rod ends and claws and the fact it came with a Ludwig snare [pictured together with Slingerland tom below]. Alls I know is it's one of them you can't get but 50 bucks for, not that I could ever sell this one - it's a permanent loan from a high-school friend. He is aware of and has given his blessing to the mods. :)

Below are pictured #1 my collection of nickel hardware drums which will comprise the bistro kit #2 Club Dates in 70s mode. This is funny because it's the antithesis of all I stand for and I'm loving it for now as just something different. The bass drum still sounds great with no reso and folded sheet inside, tom has completely different sound but a lot of fun to fool with. Billy Martin!

Lastly I attached a link to a show from a few years ago featuring all 3 nickel hardware drums, bass when it was still 25" before the flood and the rot, Slingerland when it was white, and the 30s Ludwig snare. Some day I'll maybe make some 20" calf heads from the good parts still left on the rotted 25" calf heads. The rotted parts are just a crescent along the bottom.

Thanks again for the encouraging words on this!

Mitch

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Good stuff Mitch! Both kits look fantastic. Love that old Ludwig snare. Have fun!

Thanks Glenn! That snare and the bass drum came as a pair, which I might not have mentioned quite a million times. They were a real score, with my high-school friend saying "oh there's a couple of my great-uncle's drums in the basement you want em?" Yes. Yes I did. :)

Mitch

You Mitch, are truly amazing!

Do you think they type of wood, and/or the lack of re-rings would make a similar job on a different drum easier/harder?

For example, I wonder what your project would've been like using a super hard maple shell with a lacquered inside vs. a luan MIJ shell?

Excellent work! I always knew a drum could be cut down depth wise; I never even thought of making a bigger drum smaller in diameter.

Thanks vyacheslav!

I think most shells would be harder to do this with - as I say the skin itself took a tight coil shape with rings removed, and is pretty thin too. So I only had to wrestle the rings, and they are relatively thin and old. A bit of steaming and I could've gone to 18". However once I re-glued the rings in after the 22" cut-down, I did not want to try to chisel them out a second, much more difficult time. An MIJ might be easier...

I wouldn't have thought of shrinking the diameter of this drum either, if the calf heads hadn't rotted out, making it useless at 25" unless I paid big for new calf heads...

Mitch

Nice cut down on the cut down ;)

Unreal. I want.

Thanks dudes. One thing I sort of amazingly keep forgetting to mention about this drum is that it is 12" deep. So it is 20X12", and now I've mentioned it.

GAR, see you soon among the deep-fried cauliflowe r...

Mitch

Wow, that is some serious modifications. Nice job. That is way above my pay grade.

How does it sound as a 20"??