The drum is finished.
Here is a link to a picture of the Autocrat snare as it appeared in the pages of the 1911 Excelsior Drum Works catoalog. Thanks George for having this for a reference. This drum would actually predate that catalog because the drum was made in Philadelphia but the catalog was printed after the company moved to Camden New Jersey.
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Wow!! Great job on a very cool drum.
Thanks for the pics.
Creighton
Very Impressive !! Wow !!
Beautiful! Bowing
Matt,
Absolutely beautiful job, but nothing less than I'd expect to come out of your shop. So how's it sound? There's just no modern substitute for gut snares on calfskin heads.
It sounds as good as it looks.
Well it's been a while again so the photos have been backing up and waiting to be shared here but with travel to drum shows and an abundance of work on my bench it has been hard to get photos posted to share the work so here comes a bunch of stuff all at once. As always, enjoy.
First is a 26" Ludwig logo calfskin head
A 22" Radio King calfskin logo head
Before shot of a marching bass drum. Pitted heads need to be replaced and hoops repainted.
During
Done
I've been doing a lot of heads of all types lately
New heads for a Dholack
And a Dhol
The pair of drums was reheaded and cleaned up for a church here in CT
Bongos for days
After
A Djembe head for the Coast Guard band
The rope tuned Djembes take a VERY long time to rehead
Head on!!!
An unexpected side business with the calfskin.
I have done new heads for several Banjo's and Banjo Ukulele's
After photo
Wow! Excellant work man. Your talents know no boundries.
