The Voss/ Tromsa lugs had a simple hardware nut held in place by some sponge. The sponge had long since degraded into powder, so I used pieces of piano felt instead. Reassembling the drums was tricky, because the oversized nut compartment allowed the nut to move around, & it did not stay in a horizontal plain in order to receive the tension rod.

nice work. those turned out really good. i like that wrap. neat how they wrapped the center part between the drums as well.

i ran into the same situation when i refurned a mid 60's sonor snare a year or two ago. the foam stuff or whatever it was had just crumled.

thanks for sharing those..

mike

I don't know who Voss was but I have seen the brand occasionally on some Tromsa made drums. Tromsa , clearly , did production runs for other companies. The construction particulars of these drums are pretty much standard to the era for Bongos----not really treated as serious drums by any company outside of latin American companies. Tromsa did do pro stuff, these not necessarily being representative of their best effort. They are ( along with others ) not well known by an insular culture , like the U.S.

Be careful with the lugs.If you tweak them to much you will crack the lug.They can be repaired,but its apain in der A**.Nice bongos'! V