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Jjmetatual replied to the thread 1939 Radio King Butt Plate Question.The info you have presented by Mark Cooper is in agreement with Dr. Wenk's info.
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Jjmetatual replied to the thread 1939 Radio King Butt Plate Question.+1 with kdgrissom and thin shell regarding the OP's drum. Hey OP, more pictures needed.
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JI think someone tried to replace the missing butt plate bridge with a strainer side bridge with will not have the holes on the side for...
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JThose pics look like the strainer side bridge, not the butt end. What does your strainer side bridge look like? Is your shell drilled...
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Jjmetatual replied to the thread 1939 Radio King Butt Plate Question.10 Lug's RK with 4-hole bridges and vertical knurled tone control knob would likely be '37-'38 per Slingerland historian Dr. Wenk. Note...
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Jjmetatual replied to the thread 1939 Radio King Butt Plate Question.'40-'41 makes sense for levelpeeble's RK. Slingerland historian Dr. Carl Wenk states '40 for first year of tin snare straps and '41 the...
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Jjmetatual replied to the thread Restored 1973 Slingerland No. 50N Project... Now in all it's Champagne goodness!.FDrummer, your serials fit nicely into '74. You mentioned that you replaced the original chrome BD inlays with pearl wrap. Per...
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Jjmetatual replied to the thread Vintage 60’s Premier...good drums/worth it? Update 7/19/20.Yes I have Whitworth wrenches also. For use on Whitworth threaded fasteners (bolts, nuts).
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Jjmetatual replied to the thread Vintage 60’s Premier...good drums/worth it? Update 7/19/20.Pre-International is a good term. Whitworth is incorrect as 'thin shell' previously stated (has to do with fastener threads and head...
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Jjmetatual replied to the thread Vintage 60’s Premier...good drums/worth it? Update 7/19/20.The British Imperial Unit inch and American inch are the same. Was Premier making "fractionally" sized shells rather than in full...
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Jjmetatual reacted to thin shell's post in the thread Vintage 60’s Premier...good drums/worth it? Update 7/19/20 with
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Jjmetatual reacted to thin shell's post in the thread Vintage 60’s Premier...good drums/worth it? Update 7/19/20 with Like.
The International shells started around '68 and and there was a mixture of International and Pre-International drums between '68 through...
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Jjmetatual replied to the thread Slingerland Vent Holes?.Thanks for posting el_37. Quite the oddity.
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Jjmetatual replied to the thread SOLD Slingerland Silver Sparkle 6 Lug Shelbyville Era SOLD.If you look closely at the original badge picture you can make out the second line of text at the bottom that does not appear on the...
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Jjmetatual replied to the thread SOLD Slingerland Silver Sparkle 6 Lug Shelbyville Era SOLD.glaze148, the main differences between a Shelbyville and a Niles drum are the oak re-rings and maroon badge on the Shelbyvilles...