I bought this off Ebay & have been restoring it for about a year or more. What took so long? Well, the shell was out of round, so i took out the rerings & rotated them 90? to their original position & re-glued them back in. I also decided a Birdseye veneer would look cool, so I added that on top of the original steambent shell. The modern hoops and heads that came on the drum from the seller were added by the previous owner because of the metric sized heads, so i got the original single flanged hoops & clips, then made wood flesh hoops to correct size, then tucked raw calfskins (first time tucking myself!). Then at the last minute before refinishing the shell, i decided to make up a red stain (from artist oil colors) to contrast the shell with the polished solid brass hardware. So I did it again; I bastardized a 'vintage original' into a Tbone Vintage Restoration - (sorry purists!) You've gotta realize I came very close to throwing this thing away MANY times in the last year or so, not being sure I'd finish it.

Anyway, here she is: (original drum pictured first)