These parts arrived today. A Trick style throw and butt-plate combo. Cheap (aka affordable!) Chinese version.
I just couldn’t wait, and had to fit them.
The snare side hoop has no slots for the snare wires. I could either cut some, or buy dedicated snare side hoops (I’ll need another for snare #1, as well). Hmmm!?
I’ve got several sets of snare wires. Hopefully I’ll have something that will fit this drum? It’s exciting, getting nearer to completion!
One very important little job will be removing all the hardware – now that all the mounting holes have been drilled and sanded – and re-shellacking/polishing the wood.
For which I need to buy some more of this:
… as our previous bottle ran out. Fab stuff.