Guys-
I have been restoring a 1958 Slingerland Radio King with clamshell strainer. Thanks to the sage advise on this forum, everything was going along great. Wrap cleaned and polished, chrome cleaned and shiny, new part(s) ordered . . . . then shock/horror!
The reinforcement ring delaminated after my botched attempt in gluing back at a few places.
Specifically, the split seam is barely a finger nail gap in width, running maybe 40% length on the snare side. Spread around at three seperate locations.
There is an ever so small raised edge between ring & shell at one of the splits. Very minor but enough to feel a small ridge when feeling/brushing with finger tip.
Would like to please hear your comments for options?
A. Leave it, play as is; see if it sounds alright
B. Seek out a specialist who can do the repair.
C. Anything else?
I'm looking at it both from a playability & collector value. Is it recommended to do the repair if somewhere down the road the drum is put back up for sale?
Also, can you recommend a good repair guy for the job? I'm located in Chicago, IL.
Many thanks guys.
Max
PS. Thanks for taking the time to read this long winded post.