I posted a reply to my thread in Restoring Vintage Drums.

I got a reply from Paul Cooper at Gretsch & he is going to send me some new mufflers.........great service! He said the new mufflers have steel barrels. I'm really impressed he's going to do that. He also had a very nice comment about my drums. Good to hear from a guy that builds Gretsch drums. I like it!Cool1