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Slingerland Stage Band

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From idrum4fun

Hi MntnMan62!As to the curved legs on the tom, they are original Slingerland. The curved legs replaced the straight legs sometime at the end of 1967. Most straight legs, with no knurling, were designed for use with the "push-button" leg mount casings and the older style leg mounts that used a captured-bolt wing nut. The new "curved" legs made use of knurling at the top to allow the large wing bolt to better grip the leg. However, Slingerland, like every other major drum manufacturer, would use up old legs first. My 1967 Slingerland set has a 16x16 floor tom with factory straight legs, but with the new 590 mount that uses a large T screw!-Mark

Mark, Slingerland floor tom legs and mounts per Dr. CJ Wenk:

'58-'65= straight legs with push buttons

'66-early '68= straight legs with 'T' wing screw

early '68-up=angled legs with 'T' wing screw

Your '67 FT is as expected.

Posted on 3 years ago
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From slingerfan

Angled legs are correct for a 70's floor tom. Your offer for that floor tom is more than fair. You are likely to be 'upside down' on that tom once you replace the non-original/bad parts and do a re-wrap. You are also correct in that you will not be able to match the original Slingerland WMP. I would advise holding out for a nice original drum in WMP or a cheaper project drum, they are out there.

You suggest I should "hold out" for a 16" in White Marine Pearl. I'm 58. I've never seen a 16" until now. I realize now that there may be some out there. But doing a search for Slingerland STage Band floor toms there are far more hits for the 14" than the 16". And being 58, I'd like to own one while I can still hold a pair of sticks in my hand. I also have to believe that being able to offer a 6 piece Stage Band kit for sale when I'm too old to play anymore that also happens to be in pristine condition would be worth a fair amount of money. My kit has ZERO yellowing of the wrap. The 9x13 tom that I found back in 2011 was in even better condition than my own kit. So, not only will it "show" well, it could be an extremely unique kit. I realize I'm trying to justify what I want to do, which is why I've put it out to you good folks in case I need to be reigned in. I appreciate all that you have provided in the way of perspective and information.

Posted on 3 years ago
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MntnMan62, Your kit sounds fantastic, any chance you could post some pictures? We'd love to see it. Even more reason to hold out for a nice original WMP drum. It is also generally accepted that re-wrapping a vintage drum reduces it's value by about half.

Posted on 3 years ago
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From slingerfan

MntnMan62, Your kit sounds fantastic, any chance you could post some pictures? We'd love to see it. Even more reason to hold out for a nice original WMP drum. It is also generally accepted that re-wrapping a vintage drum reduces it's value by about half.

I'll take some pictures today and post them. I recently spent some time polishing up the chrome so I'm kind of proud of it right now.

Posted on 3 years ago
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I was trying to post some pics like I did yesterday but today I get an error message saying a security token is missing. I've emailed the administrators. Once they set things straight Ill post the pics.

Posted on 3 years ago
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Now I just get "upload failed" error messages. Very disappointed.

Posted on 3 years ago
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From slingerfan

Mark, Slingerland floor tom legs and mounts per Dr. CJ Wenk:'58-'65= straight legs with push buttons'66-early '68= straight legs with 'T' wing screw early '68-up=angled legs with 'T' wing screwYour '67 FT is as expected.

Thanks slingerfan!!

-Mark

Posted on 3 years ago
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