The floor tom has some serious wrap issues

The orange sparkle Norma snare shell together with a matching 12" drum

given to me previously by richm makes two of the four drums needed

to own an exact copy of my very first drum set....... I need only a bass drum and a floor tom

my orange sparkle floor tom with same odd lugs

and this 12" tom being the only other time I have seen this color wrap

I have no idea what the color is, but it's pretty unique.

for some reason "root beer" comes to mind...not sure if I just made the up or really heard that color named that before :)

Looks like a glass of root beer with ice

Ken, interested in a matching snare?

I think I may have one.... http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=35914

oops.. looks like mine is more purplish...

Have you considered the possibility that they are KENT? I am sure you are familiar with the Kent lugs. If they have no lines, they could be Kents (older generation) - and indeed could be some downright Great drums. Kent enthusiasts REALLY love their Kents.

OMG are you serious? I am so sorry - (being dead serious here) I flipped a Norma - same color, with a bunch of original hardware, orginal heads, etc.----flipped it about 5 years ago. However, the one I flipped had the thicker shells and IIRC they had gray interiors. I do recall that the Norma snare strainer setup really sucked, but I really dug those stick saver hoops.

Hello and Thanks for the responses

Hey Dan ...yes indeed I really like the color

too bad the floor tom is in such poor condition "wrap wise"

Hello ardrummer I was thinking along the lines

of "root beer something as well"

and yes it does look like root beer with ice

Hello latzanimal

yes I could likely use that drum

I think it may be a much closer match than I may be apt to find elsewhere

John, I have a few partial Kent drum kits

and yes the Kent lugs are shaped like Ludwig classics as well

but are a little smaller (closer to mini classics but just a tad chunkier)

these lugs are not those and are just about the same size

as the large Ludwig classics

That figures on The Norma drums pal

This makes only about the third time

I have "just missed" a deal on some orange sparkle Norma drums

be it a whole kit or a partial

Last time was a girl near Boston who had a partial orange sparkle Decca

bass, ride tom and snare, w/a like new 16"orange sparkle Norma floor tom

Had they have been all Norma shells I would have popped on them

understandably she did not want to separate the floor tom

from her three Decca shells

and since I already have three orange sparkle drum kits

I figure if I ever get a fourth it darned well better be an all Norma kit

like my 1st