The batter head was muffled too, but in I style I remember. I did the same with my toms in the 1980s - Tama Imperial Star concert toms with Remo CS on top. This one is an old Emperor and I'll simply replace it.

Also, here is a close up of the painted head, hopefully you can see that there is tape left on the head when it was painted. The last picture is the front head after I ripped the foam off. Lots of glue there.

And there is a 16" floor tom as well. This is a nice one: the foam has been glued not to the head but rather directly to the shell (so you don't have to replace it when changing heads, I guess). Foam came off - glue stayed on.

That's so strange - like the red felt muffler right there wasn't doing the job??

-john

Wowza.........what the H happened to the inside of that bass drum?

Judging from the state of the bearing edges, the bass and toms have been played without bottom heads and probably transported extensively without any bags or cases. I guess a previous owner thought the clear laquer inside of the bass drum looked dull and decided to spice it up with some neon-green spray paint. Let's hope the audience appreciated it!

Hopefully, I'll be able to rub it off with some abrasive paper, but for the time being I'll just leave it as it is.

Tha last two inches of shell closest to the batter head are clear from paint, so I suppose the batter head and some muffling was left on when it was painted. That's good!