The First Rule... The Second Rule
I cannot believe how many homemade restorations I have
seen. Bad finishes... contact paper... mismatched lugs... and the nefarious
extra holes.
First response- leave the drums alone! Don't strip them,
don't repaint them, leave the strainers alone. If you get a drum with a missing
strainer, then take a new strainer, mount it on acrylic or metal and then put
the complete mount on the drum using the old holes.
If the drum is
pretty gone, write to me and let's come up with a plan. The first rule is to
save them and the second rule is to bring them back.
There is always
the great chance we can make them sing again as close to original as the
talented workers at Leedy, Ludwig, Slingerland, Rogers, Gretsch, Camco, Duplex
and the other great American drum companies who built them.
If you'd
like to learn more about vintage American drums, then I invite you to get a copy
of my book,
"The Great American Drums".
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