I believe Rich K. is right. I have a 1951 wmp bass drum shell that I am recovering and one of the holes is a tiny bit smaller than the other one.. something like that. But that looks like a great kit.

Wow, lots of great comments.

So what to do. Like I mentioned previous I was thinking it was a 1950's kit and could play it live.

I play drums in many bands and have 3 gigs each week on a regular basis. One of the bands I play in is an older 40 - 50's country band. The guitar player is Royce Morgan, old Jim Reeves original Blue Boy and Current Everly Brothers player. So He would love this set. And my first thought is to get them running and make some money. I love the idea of a great old set with the big fat sound. I have been dreaming of myself on stage with this set. And the radio king snare is to die for. It would look so good behind my Pearls.

On the otherhand I totally agree with the webmaster, this is a rare set that comes along only once if any in a lifetime. A complete and total set, with history from the owner, and his original sticks to boot. I personally have never seen a complete 1930's set, in the same config as the day it was sold.

Maybe I should entertain a trade for a 50's or 60's set beter suited for playing. Don't know. Or just put it up and hand it to the kids one day.

And as far as the lugs, I have not had a real success finding an exact match. Real close, but just a bit off. And I have not run accross any doner lugs.

However as you may see from the pic, I do have 1 more tom and all the rims heads and holder. I think it went on the right side bass mount. However I took it apart to see if it may donate to the others.

What to do......

Just for kicks, I took a few extra shots with a good camera. And the toms are missing the lugs, but I just have not attached them back. Also you can see from the pics, the snare lugs which are busted.

jujubead, nice score. I wish I had room for a kit like that.

I don't think I could resist gigging those at least once, if they were mine. And anything you do to get them into gigging shape is fine, as long as you don't disturb the integrity of the drums. Keep those old calf heads, even if you don't use them.

--Dave A.

I just bid on 2 sets of replacement lugs for the missing or damaged ones. One set is from a 50's RK and he has 12.

The other looks more period, so I will hopefully win both auctions.

How do you think these newer lugs, which are beavertail and size is the same, will do to the value or collectability?

db

I think you should sell them..........go on please I'm in a 40's era swing band and I've been looking for a kit like that for the last year.......nice drums nice work jealous. DO NOT DRILL THEM RECOVER THEM just enjoy them without modification a true gem you have.

Prestonprince, do you live anywhere near Tampa, FL? I'm going to sell them. I really would like the restore and play this kit. But in order to make it ready for me to play, I would need to do several modern day mods. Price, I have no idea, I have yet to see anything like this on Ebay, and I will post the sizes of all the drums in the am on Tuesday.

My goal is to get a 50 or 60's era Sling or Ludwig or rogers in a gold broken glass finish.

My goal is to get a 50 or 60's era Sling or Ludwig or rogers in a gold broken glass finish.[/QUOTE]

Not to be too drum geeky, but the '60s Ludwigs and Slingerlands didn't use the "broken glass" style gold sparkle...they used the type with the little hexagon or octagon sparkles...

Duh...

You are a drum GEEK.

oh well...