Hi there.
I just registered. I am from germany, so sorry for my english. I will do my best;)
I got an "old", unrestored snaredrum with unknown history for christmas.
On a silver shining metal plate is to read in red letters:
ARIA International Royal Percussions. My web-search let me found out:
The brand ARIA was founded in the late 1950's from Arai Shiro, Hoshimo, Japan. They usually built guitars.
I wanna restore this drum, but I do not know where to get parts, cause some parts are missing or defective.
Specs:
Full chrome steelbody
14"x6,5" size
Hoops with 10screws
Full parallel throw off wire mechanism
Internal tone control drumhead muffler
Does anybody know more about Aria and especially this type of snare?
How old is it? I guess early 80's
Where can I get parts? (parallel wire and internal muffler are missing, hoop is not original and defective)
I would like to restore it. I dont care about being worth it. I just love this snare. Its a gift from my very best friend;-)
Hope to recieve lot of replies.
Best regards
Tom