Hi to all in the Forum,
Several of you have helped me with my projects of rebuilding drum kits for our local schools to use at no charge. I need to see if anyone may have the last piece of the puzzle to my current one.
I’m working on an old MIJ kit ( no tags so unsure of the manufacture) This kit sat up in the schools rafters for years before they even remembered it was there. It’s a 20” bass 13” and 16” tom and a matching snare a perfect size for these students (middle school band). They are going to use this as a practice set. It was in really bad shape but I have been able to rebuild the drums and snare, put on new heads, and repair all the hardware I could.
(Still need a really inexpensive high hat stand or one I can repair if anyone has one of those available), I got a good deal on the high hats and ride cymbal. The one item that I cannot find is a bass drum mount that holds the tom. It was missing from the drum. It appears to be similar to the old Ludwig tube rail mount . I have attached a picture of the tom bracket if it might be helpful to ID. I’ve tried over the last couple of months to bid on several on EBAY but lost out. I’m donating all these parts so I only have a small budget to work with. Checked with Bill and a couple of others from the forum but no one has anything like this at the moment. I can switch out the tom mount with a different style but I really don’t want to drill a huge hole in the bass drum for a tube if I don’t need to. They make tom mounts for cymbal stands but by the time I buy the stand and hardware I’m way out of my budget range. If anyone has any ideals on a mounting method that would work or have any kind of brackets that might work please PM me.
The school season is coming up soon and I would like to have this completed for them.
I’m not looking for a freebe on these parts. I just need to find something that would work in the budget I have. I’m willing to rebuild the parts and they don’t need to be pretty. I will of course make sure you are included in the “Thanks To” when the kit is returned in the fall. I have done these projects for many years and please believe me when I say how much these kits are appreciated. I would also suggest that if any of you have either a kit that’s not being used anymore or time to repair one to contact your local school and offer it or your time to them. Music programs are getting cut at a record rate because of the economy. They truly appreciate any help and you will be rewarded with a very good feeling that no amount of money can buy!
All the Best!
Dad Roadie
