Center lugs... is that what is pointing toward "Stage Band"?

The only "Stage Band" kit that I'm aware of that was manufactured by Slingerland was produced between 1963 and 1973. The kit consisted of a 5.5 x 14 snare drum, 9 x 13 rack tom, 12 x 15 floor tom and 14 x 22 bass drum. The kit that you described doesn't match this configuration.

Yeah OS.. That's what I was reading and wondering what was pointing toward it being a "Stage Band" kit..???

Sounds like a great little kit!! I'm just curious if maybe it's a Modern Jazz Outfit with 14" floor tom added.. or something like that? I guess that snare doesn't fit with a Modern Jazz kit though..

DoubleJ.. put us up a couple pictures.. sounds like an interesting kit!

I do not have pictures unfortunately. I'll try to provide a little more information. They have the center lugs which led me to believe that they are the Stage Band kit. The bass drum has '61 inside the shell but I don't know about the date inside the others. They all have black and gold badges with serial numbers on them I believe. I think I am going to go take another look at them tomorrow. Is there anything in particular that I should look for to make sure it is a factory matched set? It is at a pawn shop and they are asking $250 so I assume they will at least take a little less. Like I said earlier, they will definitely need to be re-lacquered so I need advice as to whether this would be sell-able when I get finished. Thanks for all your input!

If they all have badges, then they'd be from the later '60s. By then, the configuration of the stage band outfit would have been 20, 12, 14, snare.

Here's a pic of a set I had once.

http://www.drumforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=21554

I've seen dark blue sparkle wrap get some green spots on it, so it's possible they're not lacquered, but wrapped. They may just need a good cleaning.

I've seen / heard of snares like that getting repaired. A dark blue sparkle Slingerland snare wouldn't be that hard to replace and wouldn't be terribly expensive.

I'd rather see pictures, but $250 sounds like a good deal, especially if you don't mind spending a little time cleaning. Those stage band Slingerlands sound great!

$ 250.00??? Man that's a "jump all over it" deal. They're the same 3-ply shells w/re-rings as on high end Slingerland drums with half the hardware on the shell. Other responder is correct, snare should be fairly easy to replace, 6-luggers go for between 125 to 200 depending on the ususal variables; age, wrap, condition. Badges on the toms mean late sixties.

There just was a similar set on E Bay this past week, lost track of it though, same color and sizes, was hovering in the high 300's when I last saw it. Good luck and enjoy them, great drums.

Regards

DonS

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This sounds very much like the kit you are talking about... yeah $250 is sounding pretty good!

check the tom mount. Didn't the stage band have a cheap version of the rail consolette?

What would the shells be made of? Maple or Mahogany? I think I'm going to go ahead with getting these and doing a restoration.

The tom mount does appear to be a cheaper version than the usual ones you see.