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1930s snare ... help with ID ??

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I started working on an old snare the other day.

The shell is turning out pretty good.....

The strainer is incomplete, so I need some help with ID.

I rolled the dice and bid on an auction with terrible pictures for a "Weather Master" snare and some old cymbals.

No markings on the shell... no Ludwig stamped on the straight hoops.... I don't recognize the strainer as being Slingerland, so I'm leaning towards Ludwig Universal from the 30s when they moved the strainer down off the rim?

Tube lugs....

The t rods look Ludwig to me.... definitely not Slingerland

What to you guys think ??

Thanks

Kev

Kevin
Posted on 14 years ago
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Nobody.....?????

Kevin
Posted on 14 years ago
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Iam thinking Leedy but its so hard to tell so many drum makers made snares like this and all used the same type of lugs,rims and strainers..Over the weekend i will check my old leedy and ludwig catalogs and see if i can fine a strainer that matches that one..i would like to know myself..mikey

Posted on 14 years ago
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Even the Leedy "Utility"model had the name stamped in the hoop-The strainer is the key here.My 30's Leedy had a different strainer/throw setup.

Posted on 14 years ago
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Thanks fellas.

It's a 2-point strainer, maybe that will jog some memories out there?

Kev

Kevin
Posted on 14 years ago
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The screws and cup washers look ludwig! and the tube lugs and the shell looks ludwig ,but the t-rods look ludwig ludwig?? and the strainer has me?

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 14 years ago
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The adjustment screw has to be screwed into some apparatus that has a bridge for the snares.

It would just hang there, suspended by the screw, I'm supposing.

Here's some more hardware pics

And, none of the snare heads I have will fit.. all too big... the straight hoops won't fit over them.

This Ludwig head was on it when I got it....

Are Ludwig heads nowadays a little tighter than Remo Ambs and Evans ??

Kevin
Posted on 14 years ago
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all these pics you have look ludwig also, the strainer matches no photos I have of a two point strainer! the abjustment knob is all wrong,?? I would like to know myself!

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 14 years ago
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It's too weird....

I'm gonna have to make a "Presto Plate" gizmo to be able to play it.

How about Ludwig heads... are they a little tighter than others these days?

Kevin
Posted on 14 years ago
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Well, at least someone worthy beat me out of it. I wasn't near the computer towards the end of it. Is it a nice one? I would have gone a bit more, but was not near the magic box when it was time to do battle. You got a pretty good deal....

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