That Cusatis 4N is really nice, especially being the entire outfit with hardware and cymbals. I sold a drum I had waited for a long time. The offer was too high to resist. No regrets as a result, but it was a very, very nice drum (gorgeous actually) and matched my set perfectly. So I miss it.

The only other ones I think about from time-to-time was a set of Leedys with a matching snare. In the main photo, you see a Dynasonic because I hadn't gotten the matching snare yet. It came from England. I sold the whole deal only months after I got the snare because we made the decision to sell our home in MA and had a big move to undertake. Otherwise, I probably would have held onto it.

They come and go. here are a few classy kits that i owned and parted with..

This is the one snare that I miss. It was just so cool looking. I bought an entire MIJ set that was covered in wood grain contact contact paper because this snare drum (also covered in wood grain contact paper) was with it. It took a while to clean it up - I had to use mineral spirits to get rid of the decades old adhesive. It was out of round and sounded pretty bad, but it always got noticed.

I am like KO and haven't really gotten rid of any as of yet.

However this one slipped away from me because I didn't pay attention to the bay's ending time like I usually do and got out bid by $11 in the last minute. Really missed a gem in the rough for this Leedy 1920s Black Elite Engraved shell with brass hardware that went for a song.

Michael