I guess I'll post this here. Quick story,
We were given a number of drum pieces last summer. Some turned out to be fantastic (Leedy snare and Slingy BD both from late 30's)
What was included, and was originally headed for the garbage dump before I intervened on its' fate was an old, basic looking bass drum. I never heard of Capri drums until that day, nor have I heard of them since. All I know is that they were made in England.
So, I decided to remove the boring, marred beige wrap. Then, an idea hit me. I found that I could store this bass drum in our living room as an end table. So, i set off on my "restoration" and ended up with this as my final product. It is functioning as an end table but is all bass drum. If you lift off the top, you'll still see the old original, albeit torn, calfskin heads.
The colors etc, were my idea. "TB" are the initials of my two boys: Tyler and Brandon - THEY LOVE IT!!!
Feel free to critique