Vinny have you tried selling them as a complete kit? For me the wrap wrinkles and yellow paint are not show stoppers. Not everything has to be 100% pristine. Cool drums.

first off try very hard to not change the environment, as the flux in temp and humidity changes, will constantly distort the wrap, good find and good luck

Who`s gonna buy a FT that is near impossible to match up to ? Sell the whole kit.

There's two member interested on the floor tom already..Im keeping one of the toms. The wrap on the bass drum is badly cracked pretty much on every lug. I'd say the wrap on the bass drum is beyond repair. That and the painting makes it very hard to sell as a whole set.

Man this is depressing. A kit with blemishes is still a matching kit. I understand though. I sell stuff too on occasion. And it's all worth more in parts. I guess it just depends on what part of the hobby your into. Maybe I'm a bit extreme. I'm trying to keep kits of lesser stature together with blemishes.lol

It`s a 14" FT that get`s rewrapped to match something else....Slingerland. We wont tell you what to do guy, but you`re gonna have to hear grown men cry for a bit.

I know...But Slingerland parts aren't worth much nowadays. I really dont know why. They're as good as any other old american drum company. I dont have a choice on this set. Those pictures you see at the beginning of this thread are fooling you maybe, The bass drum wrap wrinkled badly (I kept them on cases on a temperature controled room). It is beyond repair. It cracked from top to bottom. The toms are the best ones. and Im keeping one. Im heartbroken about this too. Sorry guys.

if you look at this from a conservators point of view it can be restored step by step

Sure. Anything can be done. I just dont have the time and I have at least another 10 sets with issues but not this bad. If soemone wants the whole kit . Ill sell it for $500.00 plus shipping. Keep in mind that the bass drum wrap cracked from top to bottom.

This set of drums can be saved. It would take a Jack Lawton to do it, but it can be saved. Black wrap is very forgiving when it comes to repairs. Using modern seam sealers, 'some' repairs are invisible. That set is way too rare to be broken up and sold off without trying to find a sale that will keep it together. It will never have great resale value because of the needed repairs, but once it's all fixed up, somebody will have a wonderful set of drums with a very rare finish. They just need lots of TLC. I'd really hate to see them broken up and sold off piece-meal.

Anybody? $500 is not a bad price for what it is. Somebody save this kit!

John