Cleaning Finished:
The drum has been ridden but it IS sweet!
Took these in the wee hours of this morning in [COLOR="DarkOliveGreen"]Santa's Work Shop[/COLOR].
Yes - there is 'gold wear' and some rub'n damage on the shell.
The gold is not bad and personally I would have never painted it but one of the former owners had his/her reasons for doing so. And just maybe......the spray paint that covered the gold plating helped to preserve it over the years....
The drum sounds beautiful to my ears with these new Remo Coated Ambassador heads. I've ordered two American White calfhides with unglued wood flesh-hoops from SternTanning for this drum.
Christmas came a day early for me this year......