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Aluminum Foil Wrap?

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Hello,

I apologize in advance if some of you know this. I had never seen it before, so here goes:

I recently bought this 16" x 16" MIJ "Royce" Floor Tom on ebay for a good price. I have a 70's CB-700 kit that is 8" x 12", 9" x 13" and 14" x 14", along with a 14" x 20" bass. Although they sound great and I am happy with the 14" Floor Tom, a 16" just seems more logical for 12" and 13" racks. So I got this Royce because it appears to have the same wood used in the shell, same lugs, same everything as my CB's, except for the name badge (I may use the 14" and 16" together). This saves me from getting a whole new shell, lugs, having it drilled etc., plus it's the same type of wood so it will be from the same "family", if that makes sense. I will wrap it to match my kit (Red Glitter). Oddly enough, this is actually a 15" (Depth) x 16". The shell is in very nice shape; better than I expected. Here is a picture of said drum:

[IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b12/vyacheslav13/th_1-11.jpg[/IMG]

The buyer disclosed this, but it definitley faded from an orange to more of a golden yellow. That's fine with me; I'm not keeping the wrap anyway.

[IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b12/vyacheslav13/th_P1010077.jpg[/IMG]

I was hoping that pulling off the wrap would be fairly easy. It was actually VERY easy, as the wrap was only held on in one spot (the tape method). The wrap was actually in really good shape, and was very tight with no cracks or air bubbles at all. I used a hair dryer to heat up the seam, and started to peel it off with a putty knife. Here's where it got weird (at least for me).

The actual wrap was a very thin, tinted plastic. Although you can see the color of the wrap, it is very dull. The backside of the wrap looked, felt and acted like standard, everyday aluminum foil. Some of which stuck to the drum a bit:

[IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b12/vyacheslav13/th_P1010074.jpg[/IMG]

As you can see, the actual wrap was very thin and transparent. The non-transparent parts are where the aluminum foil backing is still intact:

[IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b12/vyacheslav13/th_P1010075.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b12/vyacheslav13/th_P1010076.jpg[/IMG]

The aluminum foil is what made the wrap color "pop" and be bright, as well as to make it opaque and non-see thru. The only places where the foil separated from the transparent plastic was where I had pried it away with the putty knife. When I got that part loose, the whole thing came of easy in one piece, with foil backing perfectly intact.

This was very interesting to me, as I had never seen wrap like this before.

Just thought I would share. Thanks for being a good audience!

V

Posted on 12 years ago
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Yes.

The wrap is very common to Pearl-made drums in the late 70s/early 80s, when they offered what was called their "flash" colors: Blue Flash, Gold Flash, Green Flash, etc. (at least in the Pearl line -- not sure what they called the colors on the other lines).

The tape method was all they used at the time, so yes, the wrap removes very easily.

And, 15x16 on their floor toms was also common. They still called it a 16x16 in their catalogs, but a 15x16 is what you got (except in the FG line, where you got the whole 16x16 shell -- as far as what I've ever seen, anyway).

Bill

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Posted on 12 years ago
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Pretty interesting if you`d ask me. Thanks for sharing!

Posted on 12 years ago
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It is also interesting that those wraps are no longer available, or, if they are, I have not seen them anywhere.

tnsquint
Very proud owner of a new Blaemire Snare 6.5 x 14 made by Jerry Jenkins "Drumjinx"
Posted on 12 years ago
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Interesting,I was not aware of this kind of wrap/manufacture.

By the way,the wood underneath the wrap looks pretty good.

I guess I may have not heard of this kind of wrap because these Era drums don't get re wrapped as much as others.

Posted on 12 years ago
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From eamesuser

Interesting,I was not aware of this kind of wrap/manufacture.By the way,the wood underneath the wrap looks pretty good.I guess I may have not heard of this kind of wrap because these Era drums don't get re wrapped as much as others.

Pearl used these finishes quite a bit in the 70's and early 80's. The finish was referred to as "SATIN" in the 70's, not to be confused with the Rowlux Illusion "satin" finishes that most of us are aware of. Tama used these finishes as one of their primary wrap choices for a while in their early days. Rogers used them a bit towards the end and I even recall seeing a few Slingerland kits with the silver version. I recall thinking that the modern look (at the time) of that finish looked a little out of place on a more classic looking Slingerland shell. That was when Slingerland was desperately trying anything to generate contemporary interest in their product. Denim anyone?

Here is a photo of a Pearl kit in silver satin:

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tnsquint
Very proud owner of a new Blaemire Snare 6.5 x 14 made by Jerry Jenkins "Drumjinx"
Posted on 12 years ago
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