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.
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There's nothing wrong with your butt assembly. Butt I know very little about drums! Al, xx
Oh your too kind!
Radio Kings are so cool!
This must be a fun project.
Obviously, not for a novice though - sounds pretty involved - interested to hear what you encounter.
Yea, they are cool. I'm lookin forward to the whole process. I have 3 or 4 different drums I'm gonna be workin on. Lot's of details involving finding parts and trackin down people etc. Should be interesting. I'll keep ya informed.
Thanks Shibajonz.
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