Sabshga, I would re-read Rich K's sage advice. He really made some excellent and valid points on re-plating costs vs. cleaning. Putting "Earthtone" goat skin heads and tuning may give you that vintage vibe for drum-set. What is it worth? What ever someone is willing to pay? The re-plating maybe a costly deal breaker for some buyers. Good luck! That is a very rare snare!

So how DO you make an adapter for a throw with a 2 1/2" distance between mounting holes to go into mounting holes spaced 2" apart?

First of all, replated or not, that's a fairly rare , but not too valuable a drum. Six lug drums of that era (I think it's a six lug) generally don't bring much more than $200-250...the original strainer being missing would obviously bring the value down. I'm pretty sure the drum didn't have either of the two throw-offs shown by Juba...I think it had a simple throw off similar to a p-83.

As I said previously, re-plating isn't really need to bring this drum back to life. I'd use some 0000 steel wool on the hoops, and then rub down the shell and parts with cape cod polishing cloths...in no time, the drum will look great.

It's real easy to make a simple adapter plate to make the drum playable until you find the correct strainer.

Go to home depot or someplace like that and get piece of 1/8" to 1/4" thick clear plexiglass cut into a 3" (approx.) square. Also get some nylon or plastic washers about that thick. Drill the plexi to match the two holes already on the drum from the old strainer. Also drill the plexi for the holes for your replacement strainer. Attach the new strainer on the plate, then attach the whole thing to the drum, using the washers as spacers.. Pretty simple really, and it works well.

With modern heads and snares, that drum should sound great...many of use old brass snares with our sets.

Thanks for the info. That seems simple enough. I have a P-83 en route via ebay. It is indeed a 6 lug drum. I'm surpised that someone would have gone to the trouble of swapping out a throw for an adjustable butt, but (butt but) the end part opposite the stationary butt is just that, an adjustable butt that looks as old as the rest of the drum and is the same as one appearing in one of the pictures. Be that as it may, I will polish it to the best of my ability and either use it on the kit or admire it on my shelf.

Regards,

Gary

Dix Hills, NY

D' Drummer