[COLOR="Sienna"]Jeez......I dunno if anyone here is gonna be able to pull this off. That's a pretty ancient drum.....[/COLOR]

These were usually student level or toy type snare drums. I have seen enough to know that they are not worth much money.

Probably $100 or less.

If restoration is a general cleaning, then I would do that, but otherwise I would just leave it alone.

Many of the early makers had similar models. You can see a very close version in the Excelsior catalog pages.

I think if we searched on the catalog pages, we could find an even closer match to that drum.

It is worth more to you as your grandfathers drum then anything else. They just are not playable to today's standards.

David

[Attachment: 4392]thanx for the info. it would make sense that it is a lower end drum. they probubly could'nt afford an expensive model. as for the value, to me it is priceless to have a little heritage since i play drums too. my pipeband snares are a 70's and 80's premier 14x 12 paralell mech. birch in black. you gus at the VDF are awesome!