Tim, your repair looks good to me. I vote you put the drum together and forget about it. You can always re-wrap but once you do that, the original is gone forever.
Thanks, Jeff. I guess it wouldn't hurt to clean the rest of the shell and put it back together just to see. But I'll hold out on installing the badge/grommet.
Time to paint the inside white tonight.
-Tim
Thanks, Jeff. I guess it wouldn't hurt to clean the rest of the shell and put it back together just to see. But I'll hold out on installing the badge/grommet.Time to paint the inside white tonight.-Tim
Yes, good idea leaving the badge off for a while. I think once you get it all done it will look great. The trauma of cutting the worng end will fade away slowly the more you look at it.
Thanks guys for talking me down from ripping off the original wrap and re-wraping this drum. I put on a Remo Ambassador batter at high tension, an old 1970 Ludwig Weather King resonant at medium, tension and a set of 40 strand wires. It sounds really nice. It might be a little to high, so I'll loosen the top head a little. The drum came with a Slingerland COB stick-saver top hoop, which is probably making the drum sound not as open as a Ludwig hoop. I have to keep telling myself this is a player's drum and it's OK that it's not original. :)
The patch really doesn't show up at a couple feet away and the spot will face backwards when played. So the original wrap is staying.
I'll post pictures of the finished drum tomorrow.
Thank everyone.
-Tim
I do some patching when salvaging a Rogers drum once in a while. To help blend a patch in on a dark wrap like that, I use some black shoe polish. Put a coat of black polish (the paste type) on the repair, and work it into the seam. Then buff it off; it leaves a nice shine and the lines around the patch really become less noticeable.
Your project looks pretty good.... ;)
That's a great idea Dan. I will try that today.
"It's a player's drum, it's a player's drum, it's a player's drum." :)
Here are some pictures.
-Tim
Wow! You should be proud of that drum. It looks awesome!
I would call that a huge success, nice job! The drum looks like it always was a jazz fest. I cant even see the boo boo now, I know its there but I cant find it. This has been fun watching you work, thank you for taking us through all the steps. If you would have kept the mistake to your self Im sure no one would have ever caught it. Since this thread started I have been watching out for marching snare drums, looks like a fun project.
Once again, great job!
Jeff C
Tim, looks great!
Bill
Very nicely done. The snare looks great.
