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Date for a Slingerland Snare

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Hey guys (and gals). Just signed on to the fourm. I love the site!

I recently purchased a Slingerland snare drum that was labled 1960's, however, according to the information provided on this site and from book sources, I've placed it between 1956 and 1959 (first black and brass Chicago badge). I realize also that Slingerlands can only be identified by physical chacteristics and that getting down to a specific decade is pretty good on its own. Which brings me to my question:

How is it that people on E-Bay, other vintage websites, drum stores, etc. can claim to have a Slingerland snare dated down to the day of production (i.e. Dec. 9, 1958)? Are they all just full of crap, taking their best guess, or is there some other method of dating a drum like this beyond those already described?

Thanks in advance.

~Pants

"There is no spoon."

Posted on 18 years ago
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Slingerland did date stamp the inside of the shells so if someone is giving the exact date then that is probably what they are saying.

Our resident Slignerland expert Drcjw will probably be doing an article on the topic and I would not want to speculate on all of the years and when they did it. Plus I have no idea exactly.

The other issue is that they might have stamped the wrong date and the ink they used came off really easy when wiped with a liquid.

David

Posted on 18 years ago
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That's sort of what I figured. One thing I did not mention in my original post was that I do see what looks to be a date on the inside of the drum. It is very smuged, but it looks to say the day (18) and year (1960). That year of cousre would mean that it was produced in 1960 but used a wrap and badge from years previous (compounding my problem).

It also looks as though the drum has been restamped outside of the factory. I know from working in drum shops that older places used to stamp heads and even drums sometimes. So now I'm wondering if I can even trust that partial 1960 date. Do people just go around restamping dates on drums? What's their motivation to do that?

~ Pants

"There is no spoon."

Posted on 18 years ago
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