Another find at my son's school. I'm cleaning up this parade snare for his drum line. The wrap is pretty faded, has some small cracks and is buckling around the lugs. All parts are original and present, except the Slingerland drum key. The original snares are there, but pretty beat up. It still has the lug mounted strap attachment.
By the way the wrap is faded, it looks like it was stored where the sun hit it for an extended period. The shell and bearing edges are in great shape. There is some micro cracking on one small section where the reinforcement ring meets the shell, but it can be easily fixed with some wood glue and a clamp. The chrome is dirty and has typical pitting, but should clean up really well.
Should I just clean it up or re-wrap it? A pearl wrap would be $45 to $50, so the cost is not an issue. Personally, if the wrap was faded the same throughout the entire shell, I would just leave it. If I leave it as is, the drum would probably just sit on a shelf and never get used. I figured about $70 - $80 (wrap, heads, snares) and this drum would be as good as new.
Where is a good place to source snare wires for this type of drum? Currently it has the silk with wrapped wire snares.
Thanks,
Tim
