Hello: My first set of drums were a 60s Premier kit. I never tried to date them or did any research at all on them. I only have the snare left and have restored it with spare parts and covered it temporarly with a Bowling ball Oyster Black Pearl to try to match my vintage ludwigs with any obp wraps available. I know now that Percision drums have the wrap I need.

My question to anyone with knowledge of vintage Premier kits is, as I was restoring the snare there was a "S" stamped on the inside edge near the bearing edge. I assumed the "S" meant Sparkle as the kit was a gold sparkle wrap, am I right in that assumption or does it denote something else?

You can see the snare in a previous post as " Oyster Black Pearl" on the restoration site. TOM