I have a vintange John Grey & Sons Broadway set that I'm trying to clean up and restore to use.
I am having trouble with my snare stand and my hi hat stand. Neither will sit flat on the floor. The snare stand has some kind of screw sticking out of the bottom that throws it off balance (pics below). And, the hi hat stands up, but once i start pressing the pedal, it falls off balance and falls over. (pics below).
I've put up two albums showing the problems with the stands. They look original and I'd like to keep them if they can be used. Can any one tell me what the problem is with them? I especially want to know what is up with the screw coming out of the bottom of the snare stand.
What do you all think?
here's the snare stand pics: http://imgur.com/a/lhY3i#0
Here's the hihat stand pics:
Thanks!