Do I clean it up or leave it alone. My snare looks like it has copper rims. Dirty copper rims. Do I hurt the value when cleaning them? It also has some sort of gold leaf material on top of the brass. How can I restore that?
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1920's ludwig snare drum
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Posted on 15 years ago
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Hold on! Wait for Mike Curotto or someone else with a lot of experience with these things can chime in. Throw some pictures on here too so everyone can see what you're dealing with!
-Lee
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Hi,
Need to see photos...
Photos posted...scroll down.
Mike Curotto
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Hmmmm
I do not have a digital camera. Can you give me an address to send pictures? I am having some developed right now.
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HmmmmI do not have a digital camera. Can you give me an address to send pictures? I am having some developed right now.
Mike Curotto
c/o Gelb Music
722 El Camino Real
Redwood City, CA 94063
The bottom drum looked like the top drum....thanks to our webmaster for getting the photos back up!
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I wouldn't do any restoration or cleaning without check with Mike C first, or at least putting photos here and getting some opinions.
"gold leaf" and copper looking rims sounds like a stiplegold or ludwigold drum.
Those finishes didn't hold up well and many were "ruined" by well meaning restorers...leave it alone for now!
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