deadhead wrote:I picked up a sweet set of brass Slingerland era Leedy timbales this weekend. They sound amazing, and they are in great shape for their age ('59-'63). The chrome parts are almost perfect, but the brass shells have turned that uggly brown tarnished color. Any one have any good cheap methods of polishing up brass to look like new?
leedy2 wrote:To all of you out there that have set like these and do not play them because they look ugly. If you have a set of vintage timbales that look ugly,and tarnished. Looks like 1st photo make it look like new polishing & lacquer back like new $200.00 shells only.Start to play them again, The best sounding timbales in market nothing to it has ever been made in market .The only timbales made that came close to these timbales is and was Rogers second to Leedy.Nothing in market has come close best for recording and playing gigs not over powering like steel timbales.Claws,lugs tension rod's you can do your self or I can do for you extra $$. Brass cleaner's do not work when there is lacquar on drums
To tuck skin on a rim of you timbales the way it should for a true sound $100.00 each. Wood hoop lot cheaper but sound not same wood hoop are made more for snare drums on others of same sort.
Welding and hole patching, braseing on case by case . So if you want You vintage set to look like new contact me.
Mike wrote:Nev´r Dull maybe?
But then you take some of the patina away that constitutes the vintage sound...
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