Who knew that an Acro B/O badge was glued on when put on way back in the 70's NOT ME!

I've had this snare drum for ever and it wasn't until the last year that I ran the serial number on it only to figure out that this ISN'T my original - bought for me by my Mom in our school's multi-purpose room when I was 9 years old and starting 5th grade - but that somehow it got mixed up with someone else's in college in the 80's. CryBaby

Anyway, I thought the biggest challenge would be removing the grommet and spacer, in tact and undamaged so I could re-use it. I have plenty of 3/8" Ludwig brass grommets, but no silver of that size in stock, and I'm down to one spacer left. So I thought I'd try and get 'em both off in not just passable condition, but as close to undamaged as possible in order to put back on (I'm getting ready to remove the damaged anodized coating and take this Acro down to the aluminum shell, sandbuffpolish and enjoy.)

So after about 30 minutes and a small army of tools, I got both the grommet and spacer off in pretty darn good condition. What I wasn't hearing was the smile invoking sound of the badge falling away and landing on the bench. Oh oh.

So an equal amount of time was spent getting the badge off the shell - nothing like 40 year old glue the lesson of experience. Next time, I'll be mentally ready for the battle! :)

By the way - does anybody know of a good supplier of genuine Ludwig spacers? I was told by Precision Drum in NY to "just get some at my local hardware store" - not quite what I wanted to hear.....