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Difference between radio king and sound king.

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Hi Guys,

I picked up a 1951 Slingerland bass drum and mounted tom which were sold to me as Radio king model now I've found a 1957 floor tom to go with them but he has it listed as a sound king model...could someone help me with what the difference is.

Thanks,

Gregg.

Posted on 15 years ago
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Pretty sure that the Radio kings were 1 ply steam bent. The Sound kings were ussually 3 plies.

As for snares, it has to have the radio king strainer to be a radio king. Ive seen many sound kings that are falsely advertised as radio kings.

There might be more to it, which someone else can add.

http://www.pkdrums.net
Posted on 15 years ago
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Radio kings had wide reinforcement rings and beavertail lugs, sound kings had narrower reinforcement rings and the modern streamlined soundking lugs.

Posted on 15 years ago
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