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Radio King Help!
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The 10 lug 1930's drum is not a Radio King. Probably an Artist 10 - tube lug design that ran up to 1938. Probably a re-wrap as I...
Wednesday at 2:37 PM
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Unusual Slingerland snare
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Nice find Rich. Black/silver transition badge with expected four digit serial dates this to exactly 1970. Are the hoops COS or COB?
Jan 24, 2023
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Are these Slingerlands too far gone?
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+1 with Rich. Looks like serious termite and water damage. A ‘69 Avante set that may not even yield many decent parts.
Jan 24, 2023
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Are these Slingerlands too far gone?
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Not sure you guys are seeing what I'm seeing. Those shells are destroyed. I'd probably only take them for free to strip some parts. On...
Jan 24, 2023
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Gigging the treasures..
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Nice set! The wrap may be a variant of Slingerland's Smokey (sparkling) Pearl.
Jan 22, 2023
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Cleaning satin wrap
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Due to the delicate nature of satin flame wraps, it has been suggested by some to either leave the hardware attached or remove only a...
Jan 20, 2023
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YAASNQ ("Yet Another Acrolite Serial Number Question")
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That serial is approx. second half of '64. The online serial charts are incomplete. See this recent thread for more info...
Jan 20, 2023
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Ludwig drums dating
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I tracked the date stamps and serial numbers on the drums that I encountered. There was an uptick in the 1964-65 time frame. This...
Jan 14, 2023
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Ludwig drums dating
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These are included in Gier's guide (see post #3 for ordering info).
Jan 11, 2023
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30's/40's Slingerland 10" tom.
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Nice find. I'm going to say it's from the 1947-1954 period as I think I see a 'step' in your photo....enlarged of course. The small...
Jan 9, 2023
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60’s red sparkle slingerlands
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Which drum has the P-040 stamp? That has a mahogany interior ply and would be circa ~'58 - '60/'61.
Jan 9, 2023
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8 by 14 RS RK
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That badge was used ‘53 - ‘56. Last year for “streamline” lugs on snares was ‘54, so ‘53 or ‘54 for this drum.
Jan 7, 2023
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What would you pay…
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Site wide/known issue: https://www.drumforum.org/threads/trouble-uploading-jpegs-to-new-threads.204437/#post-2420871
Jan 5, 2023
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Ludwig drums dating
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Late '63 to mid '64 would be expected to have the 1st Keystone serialized badge without the registered trademark (R) logo and serials...
Jan 3, 2023
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Rogers Drums question
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The small tom with staggered lugs is interesting, wonder what the Rogers experts have to say about that?
Jan 3, 2023
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