A photo would help...

John

Welcome!

Ok... with no picture, dates, or much else to go on I'll take a shot(guess).

Ludwig Super Sensitives don't always bring the highest prices... it would appear a nice one can be had for around $200.00. They seem to be commonly available on ebay but vary widely in price. I would think one in poor condition would be in the $75 to $125 range...

Marching snares.. pretty common not high dollar.. $75 to $125.

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I think I'm on target with values... certainly a desirable vintage Ludwig Super Sensitive but that shell just kills the value. I think I would part it out.

Don't know much about that Slingerland field snare but I don't see anything that makes that one special in my view.

Best of luck!

> I think I would part it out.

If that drum can be had for cheap, I'd invest another $100. into it, take it to a local plater and have them strip the remaining chrome and polish the aluminum shell. They come out looking just as shiny as a drum with chrome. It has the added advantage that, the drum will never pit again. It'll look great forever.

John

Yeah... I can see doing that.

Looks like a nice fairly early (levered dampener) keystone drum. It would be a very nice looking player in polished aluminum.

Or... sell the parts add the $100 and buy one with a good chromed shell.

Either way you end up with a nice Super Sensitive for not much money.

I did it to a badly pitted supra. See photo. You can't tell the difference between the [polished] aluminum and chrome plating. The drum came out looking brand new. I thought it was more than worth it.

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John

Wow... that is very nice indeed! Wonder if my Ol' Acrolite would polish up like that?

That marching drum is a late 70s "TDR" Marching drum, from what I can tell from the picture. Buddy Rich was a big part of designing the throw-off system.

Has that thing got some sort of wrinkling/bubbling in the wrap? Looks like the wrap has wrinkled badly, and if that is the case evidently someone rewrapped it with some pretty cheap stuff at some time!

Bill what does TDR mean? I have seen a few snares for sale with that in the description. No idea what it means/is. Thanks.