Hi all,

I got this snare way back in my early collecting days from my friend Corey DeMello.

1927-30 LUDWIG & LUDWIG 5 x 15 GOLD PLATED SUPER-LUDWIG THEATER MODEL

The entire drum is bright gold plated. L & L did offer gold plating as an option so this drum could be a special order or the drum may have been plated after market. If the shell was more of a satin gold finish then this would be an All Gold Model. The drum is all original and correct except for the top and bottom heads. A nice addition is the WF Ludwig II signature on the top head.

A final note for the minutiae lovers out there... the airhole should be on the butt side of the drum so either the drum was assembled that way at the factory or sometime after market.

Enjoy!

Mike Curotto