Have you got the drum?

Can you take off the heads and show us the edges and the shell

without the hoops??

Also the inside of the shell?

Thanks

David

I have these pictures but don't know how to make them small enough to post. David could you please send me an email address so that I can forward them to you. The finish appears to be sprayed on based on the residue at the bearing edges. I t is very flaky and exposes the bare wood behind it when it flakes off.

[EMAIL="vsd@vintagesnaredrums.com"]vsd@vintagesnaredrums.com[/EMAIL]

Thanks

David

I changed the coloring slightly to enhance the overspray.

David

Well it doesn't matter what the finish name was. Here is the refinished '52 Leedy snare. It sounds quite nice and now looks good to boot. I'm posting it on the gallery as part of a 1958 Slinger-Leedy set.

Gary

Dix Hills, NY

You paid a healthy amount for a rare finish in bad shape and then recovered it with modern wrap?? :confused: :confused:

Looks quite a bit nicer than it did when I first got it. Sorry to disappoint.

Has anyone confirmed this is actually original? I personally have never seen so much over spray on the inside of the shell from a factory job.

The paint all over the inner bearing edge would lead me to belive this is not factory, but a poorly finished drum by someone.

Was it Wayne that had a similar color drum. I remember someone saying they had the same color drum. I would like to see the inside of that one also.

David

TommyP had a name for it. I just can't remember what he called it. From the photo Steve Maxwell thought it was contact paper of some sort and recommended the antique white pearl wrap. I've never seen lacquer come off the way this did. There were flakes falling off every time I moved it. It is, no doubt, water under the bridge at this point.

For the sake of history...Is anyone aware that Leedy offered lacquer finishes in '52 and if so what the colors were that were offered?