Nope, nor was Chicago, nor Peter Cetera, amongst others...

Barry Manilow was a slightly different story- I hate the way he performs and arranges his songs; however, he can write an ear worm like no other. I have respect for his song writing prowess, but I can't stand his music!!!

bubble gum sucks the early 60's was still the end of rat pack and top 40's was ever changing with 1 hit wonders(i had to much to dream last night 65/66) i think acid changed the way music was played and heard at least from a old hippies perspective even the Beatles got caught up in that era, politics influenced songs in ballads and rock from Woodstock to ccr viet nam kicked everyone's butt the 70's revolution wayned as fast as the muscle cars did even Eric Clapton chilled out a little to get his head on right after cream you cant blame him if some of the 60's icon 's did not die who knows what direction music would of went when we lost Hendrix , Joplin, Morrison and others there was no more underground. oh well at least i was there ..

"thats the day the muss-ic died"

With much discussion over this topic in the last few days, I have decided to sell this snare. Would any of the respected members of Vintage Drum Forum be so kind as to advise me of the protocals involved in showcasing a rare snare? Do I restore it? Do I leave it alone and post the snare as shown in my photos? ...I have been searching the internet and found one '37 that is date-stamped 3712 (Dec 1937) selling on EBay for $500 but this snare is "really rough". ..If I may pitch this snare a little, It is in unbelievable condition, the wood is like new and vitually untouched since Steve Negus gave me the snare back in the summer of '83 so I think it will show extremely well for a survivor peice. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.

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ill stop ranting ,build it and sell it and tell you my take on it it is nice but not prefect if you had the provenance from you famous freind you would reap big buck as it stand i would estimate fair market value restored at $650 .00 on a good day maybe more same reverse on a bad day goodl;uck

Actually Vintagemore, you didn't ask me if there were any holes behind the strainer in any of your posts, and I didn't mention anywhere that I had posted an asking price. But that being said, I appreciate your input as you are certainly a learned drum expert and I respect your conclusion. Also thanks to Jaghog and Scary Gary who gave me great responses to the post as this is 'all in fun' and I'll be starting my first vintage snare restoration this weekend and hopefully in a few months it'll be sitting pretty on my own snare stand!

Cheers Ya'll!

It's all good Vintagemore! I do appreciate your input and yes, it does have two small holes in plain sight behind the strainer. So I've decided, due to the fact that I am a paint tech at Porsche, to dissasemble the snare, prep and paint it one of the colors on our chart (maybe a Pearlessence tri-coat). Then begin to research strainer options and search for a period correct vent grommet. I believe that the rest of the parts (once polished and restored) are salvageable hoping to retain some of it's originality.