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Slingerland uncatalogued snare drum? Last viewed: 46 minutes ago

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I've had this wonderful 60's 10-lug COB snare drum sitting in a box and finally took it out today for some pictures in the nice sunshine! Purchased it from a friend of mine a few years ago. All original, except for heads and wires. Has all the original square-head tension rods, too. The shell, while very clean, has superficial scratches and the original owner put some type of number on the top hoop.

From first glance, it appears to be a #132 10-lug Gene Krupa Sound King snare drum. Then, you notice that it has a factory installed Rapid strainer with matching butt, when it should have a Zoomatic and Leedy butt. I've seen maybe 2 of these on eBay over the years.

So, what is it? An uncatalogued snare drum? Custom order? Or, possibly just mistakenly drilled for the Rapid strainer and butt?

Still, it's a wonderful sounding drum, with the simplicity of the Rapid strainer. I had a friend of mine thread the drop gate and install a clamping bar so I can use tape for the snare wires. Don't worry, I still have the original unmolested drop gate!

-Mark

Posted on 10 years ago
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It is a slingerland yes to all the above.

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Posted on 10 years ago
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What about a 60's "Festival" model- they could come with 10 lugs.

Posted on 10 years ago
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141 Radio King??

Cheers

John

'77 Slingerland 51N,Super Rock 24,18,14,13.. COW 8,10 Concert toms
'69 Slingerland Hollywood Ace
'75 Rogers Dynasonic 6.5 x 14, 10 lug COB
'77-78 Slingerland 6.5 x 14, 10 lug COB
'78-79 Slingerland 5 1/4 x14 8 lug COB
'79 Biman 5 1/4, Acrolite
'82 Slingerland 5 1/4 x 14. Festival COS
'84 Tama MasterCraft Superstar 6.5 x 14, 10 lug Rosewood
'98 Slingerland (Music YO) 6" 10 Lug Maple.. NOS
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Posted on 10 years ago
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It's a brass 10 lug ( also had 8 lug ) Festival Model drum . The Festival was always shown in the catalogs with the smooth shell and in the 60's/70's were steel . I've read that there are a bunch of Festival drums out there with the 3 line shells, which are always brass. Lucky find !

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Posted on 10 years ago
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But the Festival is a steel shell ...no lines..

Cheers

John

'77 Slingerland 51N,Super Rock 24,18,14,13.. COW 8,10 Concert toms
'69 Slingerland Hollywood Ace
'75 Rogers Dynasonic 6.5 x 14, 10 lug COB
'77-78 Slingerland 6.5 x 14, 10 lug COB
'78-79 Slingerland 5 1/4 x14 8 lug COB
'79 Biman 5 1/4, Acrolite
'82 Slingerland 5 1/4 x 14. Festival COS
'84 Tama MasterCraft Superstar 6.5 x 14, 10 lug Rosewood
'98 Slingerland (Music YO) 6" 10 Lug Maple.. NOS
Zildjian, Sabian , UFIP & Paiste mix.
Posted on 10 years ago
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Very cool!! I have a NOS 70s COB sound king 10 lugger but of course with the standard Zoomatic. Very nice sounding snares!

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Posted on 10 years ago
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From longjohn

But the Festival is a steel shell ...no lines..CheersJohn

Did you read my post ? Apparently ( according to what I've read in the past ) Slingerland made some brass / 3 groove Festivals . I forget where I read that but it was from a vintage drum " expert " .

1963 Gretsch Progressive Jazz Champagne Sparkle
1967 Ludwig Super Classic Oyster Blue Pearl
Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Burgundy Spkl. bop
etc...
Posted on 10 years ago
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From jazzbo

It's a brass 10 lug ( also had 8 lug ) Festival Model drum . The Festival was always shown in the catalogs with the smooth shell and in the 60's/70's were steel . I've read that there are a bunch of Festival drums out there with the 3 line shells, which are always brass. Lucky find !

This was always my thought...EXCEPT...the brass shell Festival, and all Festivals for that matter, used a flanged-over edge. The GK Sound King from this period makes use of a full round-over edge, which certainly differentiated it from the Festival.

As to brass-shell Festivals having 3 etched lines, I've not heard of this, but anything is possible when it came to the way Slingerland did business! And, based on that alone, it's very possible that my drum was originally to be a Sound King, but somehow became a #138 Festival...with round-over edges!

Mark

Posted on 10 years ago
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From jazzbo

Did you read my post ? Apparently ( according to what I've read in the past ) Slingerland made some brass / 3 groove Festivals . I forget where I read that but it was from a vintage drum " expert " .

Well no, at that point I had not read your post... but have not heard of this before...

Cheers

John

'77 Slingerland 51N,Super Rock 24,18,14,13.. COW 8,10 Concert toms
'69 Slingerland Hollywood Ace
'75 Rogers Dynasonic 6.5 x 14, 10 lug COB
'77-78 Slingerland 6.5 x 14, 10 lug COB
'78-79 Slingerland 5 1/4 x14 8 lug COB
'79 Biman 5 1/4, Acrolite
'82 Slingerland 5 1/4 x 14. Festival COS
'84 Tama MasterCraft Superstar 6.5 x 14, 10 lug Rosewood
'98 Slingerland (Music YO) 6" 10 Lug Maple.. NOS
Zildjian, Sabian , UFIP & Paiste mix.
Posted on 10 years ago
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