I want a Radio King

Sorry Dorothy, you can't have one.
I, on the other hand, do have one - yes I'm trying to sound like a schmuck. It's from the 40's, I believe (need to do more research), and it has the maple finish. It's in real good shape but I need to have the butt ( I would have chosen another word) assembly brought back as close to the original as possible. Original Radio Kings were manufactured by The Slingerland Drum Co. founded by H.H Slingerland. Old Henry Heanon Slingerland got into drum making after he won a correspondence course of music in a card game. Gibson now owns Slingerland and they're re-issuing Radio King drums but....... you can't remake a great movie like The Wizard of Oz (oh wait - they did), but you get my drift.
So hit me up with any Radio King stories you may have. I have a bunch of drums I'm going to have worked on, so in the next few posts, we'll go through the process.

Any body miss these?

We'll be checking out tons of drums, but I've been longin for my 1966 blue sparkle Ludwigs (kinda like these guys but not). I had 2 sets of 'em (stolen, I'll bet baby Butch and Sundance had no idea what they got). Some how I still have one Supraphonic snare (put die cast hoops on that boy and it sure do crack). I've been seein a few of these kits floatin around, tempting..........

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