Found this through a local Craigslist ad. Someone was cleaning out a storage unit which had several drum items and this was part of it. It was kept in a case with two large silica packets for who knows how long. When I opened the case for the first time my jaw dropped. Not one speck of rust! I just gave the chrome a quick cleaning to take care of some finger smudges and the aluminum doesn’t have a scratch on it that I can find. I believe the barely played heads are even original with the old Weather Master ink stamps. Heck, even the tension rod washers are original! The only flaw I found at this point is the batter hoop has a small crack by one of the tension rod holes. I can tension and tune it but I don’t know how long it will last. Even with that, it was still an excellent find.
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1965 Acrolite with COB hoops
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Posted on 13 years ago
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That's a beauty... and a great story. It always makes you wonder how many more old drums are sitting in attics and storage units waiting to be discovered.
Not a Guru... just interested..
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Awesome! I wish my 65 looked that good.
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That hoop will be fine as long as you dont rimshot above that hoop hole! Great find, beaut drum.
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Here's a few more pics...
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