Hi, this is my first post...

In 1992 I bought a second hand Pearl drumkit. (22, 12,13,16", plus 14" metal snare). It already had it's history but in my ownership period it has travelled the world, seen dark, moisty places, stages and practice rooms etc.

At some point, because of age and my lack of interest in maintaining it, I had to replace it. Mainly because of complaints from my bandmates but true it was falling apart and it looked horrible. Because I had a long term relationship with that kit (I learned almost everything on it) I couldn't let go. I has been stored in my garage for years.

Now I have a bigger house and more time I decided to finally restore it and treat it the way it always deserved to be treated.

I was also hoping to hear more of it's origin (I believe somewhere early 80's) and it's wood type. I will send more pics from now on in the process of restoring (as I learned how much fun it is to share). But for now: what can you already tell from this picture? What kind of pics do you need/like to see?

Some facts:

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[*]The shells (and unfortunately the bearing edges were painted (black) from the inside.

[*]The Shells had black wraps around it (I remove them already).

[*]The BD (22") had a single tom input from which 2 toms could be hanging (I lost the 'divider' somewhere along the way)

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As the picture tells, I'm already in the middle of the refurbish process.

Still to do:

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[*]Take off hardware, glue and sand the shells (both in and outside)

[*]Wash of the smaller parts (wings, nuts, bolts etc. with WD40)

[*]Wipe of rust with aluminium foil and WD40)

[*]Paint the shells (transparent semi matte coating In 4 layers)

[*]Order missing and broken parts (lug nuts, dual tom holder)

[*]Put everything back on.

[*]Play

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Ok, back to the garage... ;-)

Edit: Some more pictures added. (painting shells, shells waiting, nuts n skews n washers etc taking a bath, lugs n other parts taking a shower)