You are going to have to shoot some good revealing pics and load them up here before we can help you out at all. Capture the lug design, tom mounting, floor tom leg mounts, snare strainer, etc. - as well as a shot of one of the interior of one of the shells.

If we can see that, it should be quite easy to tell you quite a bit about it. I suspect it is Made in Japan by either Star or Pearl, but we can become much more specific once we see pics. Any info detailing how complete and original it is can help too.

Thanks,

John

I,ve seen a few kits and they are the ones that gave MIJ drums a bad rap. They are poorly made and deserve the term "firewood".....sorry.

I heard this kit yesterday at the Dutch Vintage Drum Meeting and it sounded very very good:

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@musiqman: that's a nice wrap. I totally forgot about the DVDM :eek:, maybe next year.

Hello Jacobthomas

I agree with John that pictures are worth a thousand words

The nice looking Riviera kit pictured above was made by Hoshino (no connection to Star)

a second hand 1969 price of $340.00 for any Japanese stencil kit seems crazy high

unless of course there were some vintage pies in the deal as well

I had a Riviera snare drums some years back. I loved the wrap and should have kept the drum for my collection!

-Mark

The thing with these MIJ drums is that some of them sometimes sound good, but

that's only after redoing the bearing edges, and sanding and lacquering the inside of the shells to

give them "more life".. Proper tuning and good heads are also a factor..

You won't get much for that kit, even if it is in great condition..$200-275 max..

Certain MIJ kits can fetch $400-500, but those are brands like Star, Stewart, (pre Tama) and vintage,

pre-70's Pearl, and that's in very good or mint condition..

You'll have to post pics to give you an idea of the value.

cheers,

Rob