Todays find:
Ludwig snare from December 1963 with Keystone without R badge, red felt baseball bat tone control, white resa-cote interior finish....
Can someone confirm that this is authentic and the name of the snare (could be auditorium modell)
And approx value?
Thanks...
Everything looks right as far as I can see. Low serial number matches with stated date. Not really any reason for someone to "fake" something like this. Mahogany finish was a lower cost option to wrapped finishes. I have the same drum, but pre-serial with a knob muffler.
I think that is a "Auditorium" snare. I picked up one of those years ago for a silly price, cleaned it up and sold it for a nice profit, but of course now I wish I had kept it.
You can't have too many snare drums.
1971 Ludwig Rock Duo set in Blue Oyster Pearl
early Mapex dual bass drum Saturn kit
1964 Leedy Ray Mosca kit in Blue Sparkle
1959 Slingerland Super Gene Krupa snare in WMP
1968 Slingerland Hollywood Ace Snare Drum
1969 and 1977 Ludwig 400 Supraphonic snares
1965 Acrolite snare
Ludwig Coliseum snare
'68 Rogers Dynasonic snare
Pearl free floating piccolo snare
13" Mapex piccolo snare
6.5" deep Mapex steel snare
Mapex 6.5" Brass snare
I know there's more snares than that.
UFIP cymbals / Avedis Zildjians
Ghost pedals or Tama King Beats
you kids get off my lawn
Yes, it's a legitimate Auditorium. Basically a 6.5" Jazz Festival. Have never looked into value, as I don't have any plans to sell my '59 version.
