Hey there everybody,
Being a new member I have a couple of questions, so here goes......BTW this is a great forum
I've recently added to my snare collection a solid maple shell snare that the owner said was a Radio King snare, serial # 53898.
The drum's in great condition.
I work at the oldest flute manufacturing company in the country so it allows me to be able to give my drums a pretty good rehab and repair when needed, no flute jokes I hear 'em all day........
Here's the question, when Slingerland brought back the Radio King in 63' what did they offer as to a choice of strainers? Was it pretty much everything that was on the market that you could order or was it limited?
It came with a Zoomatic that worked fine but was a little pitted so I swapped it out with one I had in inventory.
Second question is regarding their putting vents in their drums other than the snares. When did this become formality and could you order them without?
I recently found the second floor tom for my WMP kit that I'd been looking for to finish my rehab project of building a Buddy set up that had no vent and consequently no badge.
It was in pretty good condition and is dated inside as being made in 1965.
The set came with dual mounted toms, 9x13 & 10x14 that I'll replace the dual set-o-matic with a single set-o-matic soon.
Have put Slingerland calf's on the 2 floor toms and a Radio King calf on the
9x13, the snare has an AmRawCo (American Rawhide Co.) calf head that I found brand new in the box from around 1950-55.
They all SOUND!!
Being a big Buddy fan and lucky enough to have seen near 40 times I do enjoy the trivia and information that's here.
Thanks, as BR used to say" stay off the salt stay off the sugar but keep swinging"
