Oh man, you ruined the paint job! And did a great job doing it. Sometimes paint helps preserve the shell, and it looks like that was the case here. NICE!
Premier Dominion Major - bad paint job!
Nicely done! She looks great!
Here's a few links to help find parts:
http://www.drumfarm.com/index.html
http://www.repercussions.org/Hardware.html
I have a few more bookmarked, I'll post them when I find where I put them.
Check out the catalogs for Premier 1930-35, the snare is listed with close ups of the parts, it may be possible, if you can't find them, to have them machined locally.
That is a singularly stunning instrument.
Why on Earth did the company ever paint them to begin with? Insanity. It just kills with the bare brass shell.
John
What's the length and diameter/thread of the tension rods. I want to get the right size tension rods for my Dominion Major. I have 2" spare ones laying around but they're too short. I saw on ebay 2.75" rods and i'm wondering if these would be long enough. Thanks
That is a singularly stunning instrument.Why on Earth did the company ever paint them to begin with? Insanity. It just kills with the bare brass shell.John
The same reason that people put shag carpeting over hardwood floors; it was considered stylish at the time.
That certainly is a stunning snare drum!
Very proud owner of a new Blaemire Snare 6.5 x 14 made by Jerry Jenkins "Drumjinx"
great snare!! One of my favourites! Cool1
I have one just like it AND in the same color.. Ivory it was called.. they only came in Ebony (black) and Ivory (white) at that time as far as I remember.. I left mine in the white.. love it being "worn".. my major has the 1947 lugs though..
BTW: I also have a matchin 24x14 bass drum.. solid brass hoops!.. one ply 6 mm mahogany!.. booom..guitar3
also in white.. its on my list to restore a little.. some missing parts.. and somebody put new legs on it(might leave those on, cause the original ones do NOT work in real life)!
Kits:
Fibes (Darwin): 10,12,13,14,16,20,22,24
Premier '55' (1962), Black Pearl, 12x8,14x14,16x16,20x14, 22x14
Keller Maple 10x6,12x7,14x12,16x14,22x18 (H.R Custom homemade :-)..6 ply toms/8 ply BD)
.. and many more..
Snares:
* 12x4,5" H.R.Custom (Walnut/Padaouk segment shell)
* 14x4,25" H.R Custom Blue Pearl (Jasper shell)
* 14x5 Ludwig Supra Phonic (1964)
* 14x5 Spizzichino copper snare (GAM snare)
* Royal-Ace 14x4 COA (1958?)
* and many more
great snare!! One of my favourites! Cool1I have one just like it AND in the same color.. Ivory it was called.. they only came in Ebony (black) and Ivory (white) at that time as far as I remember.. I left mine in the white.. love it being "worn".. my major has the 1947 lugs though.. BTW: I also have a matchin 24x14 bass drum.. solid brass hoops!.. one ply 6 mm mahogany!.. booom..guitar3also in white.. its on my list to restore a little.. some missing parts.. and somebody put new legs on it(might leave those on, cause the original ones do NOT work in real life)!
BTW I altered the strainer so I could use regular modern snare wires.. works ok-ish
Kits:
Fibes (Darwin): 10,12,13,14,16,20,22,24
Premier '55' (1962), Black Pearl, 12x8,14x14,16x16,20x14, 22x14
Keller Maple 10x6,12x7,14x12,16x14,22x18 (H.R Custom homemade :-)..6 ply toms/8 ply BD)
.. and many more..
Snares:
* 12x4,5" H.R.Custom (Walnut/Padaouk segment shell)
* 14x4,25" H.R Custom Blue Pearl (Jasper shell)
* 14x5 Ludwig Supra Phonic (1964)
* 14x5 Spizzichino copper snare (GAM snare)
* Royal-Ace 14x4 COA (1958?)
* and many more
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