Slingerland set year? - Page 2 - Vintage Drum Forum

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Date stamps on Slingerlands are fairly common thru '66. As K.O. points out they are easily removed. When Slingerland began staining the interiors in late '66 the date stamps were either ceased or they were covered over by the stain. Occasionally a date stamp can be seen or partially seen through the stain. No date stamps '70 and later. Just for the sake of discussion your serials seem more 68-ish. Does your 16 x 16 floor tom have straight or angled legs?

Posted on 7 years ago

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Wow, that bass drum looks like swiss cheese with all the holes. I'm glad you're restoring the set. Are you sure the rack tom is an 8x10? Isn't it an 8x12? I could be wrong, but I don't think Slingerland made an 8x10 tom then.

Posted on 7 years ago

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AlloyBoy

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From K.O.

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I'm not that familiar with Slingerland details but in the case of Ludwig date stamps it seems that some drums simply didn't get stamped. Perhaps the worker doing it simply forgot or just didn't bother. I would think the same would apply to Slingerland. These were both drum FACTORIES and the workers therein weren't necessarily overly concerned about such details. If their bosses were similarly unconcerned it would be easy enough to skip a task or two.Additionally, at least in the case of Ludwigs, it's all to easy to obliterate a date stamp with a simply shot of Windex if someone decides to clean a drum's interior the date stamp might not survive. I don't know if Slingerland may have used a more resistant ink on theirs but they weren't stamping these for the benefit of collectors decades later.

All good points, thank you for your response...

Posted on 7 years ago

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NeilPeart_87

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Hi Guys! I'm Fabrizio and my friends told me that i could find any information about my Slingerland using the serial number.

For example the serial number of my Slingerland is: 99037

Anyone can tell me somethings about my drums?

What is the year of it? And what is the wood for made it?

Thank You very much!!!

Fabry

Posted on 7 years ago

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