Auto shop guy lives 3 hours away and is really busy. My buddy is in the process of asking about it. Probably going to be a few weeks at least.

I will definitely keep you posted when it is getting close to done!

-Adam

Hey Adam,

I have a identical snare to yours. I bought this off of ebay about a yr ago. It was covered in leapord contact paper and had a ludwig keystone badge. I got it for cheap since it was such a odd ball combination. When I got it I inspected it, posted pics of it inside and out and the forum led me to discover it was in fact a 1961 Radio King Student Snare. The "M" stamped on the inner shell indicated it was a natural finished drum. Kevins had one excatly like it and showed me pics. After much searching and researching I restored it back to its original state. it turned out beautiful and I am very proud of it. Dont be scared to remove a badge, Its no big deal if you by a grommet tool from oldkentuckydrums on ebay. I have all sorts of grommet tools at my shop, but nothing works better that this one. I dont know how much mine is worth and dont care. It's priceless to me, because its totally original and I restored it to that condition.

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I remember that...the Slingerwig or Luderland...which one was it? :)

Poppy so did you have to water and feed it at first??Laughing H, and great great job on your slingerwig, i mean luderland , slingerland yeahCool1

You guys are funny, about as funny as a Trd ! LoLoLoLo You're Funnier than A Retard on fire!!

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Wait...so was your outside ply mahogany or maple? Did you stain the maple mahogany in color or did you just sand and clear coat the mahogany? Mine definitely has the M stamp on the inside, but it is maple on the outside. I am confused!

Thanks for sharing a beautiful drum poppy! Nice work!

-Ad

What I have come to believe, and I haven't heard this anywhere, just my take on the deal, is that a "P" stamp means the drum was going to be wrapped. And that would almost always have a Mahogany exterior. A "M " stamp would mean that if it were a Maple exterior it was to be a painted finish, and if it were a Mahogany exterior, then it's a very good looking one, and could be given a natural mahogany finish.

I could be totally wrong, but that is my take on it.

So both a maple and mahogany exterior could have a "M" stamp if those were the determining factors.

Poppy's drum, and my sister drum to his are both mahogany exteriors with a "M" stamp, and a natural mahogany finish.

But my '63 Duco finished Student RK has an "M" stamp, and is maple exterior.

Adam take a look at this thread.

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=6902

Adam,

What did you decide to do? Waiting to see.....

Still waiting on a painter...it has just been sitting on my dining room table waiting to go. Hoping by the end of the month it will be done.

-Ad