Phew!
I took both (old) hoops off, sanded and polished them (180/400 grit; Brasso), and reinstalled them (& the snare wires, obvs).
I also swapped out the temporary cheapo heads I had on their thus far, replacing the batter side with a coated CS Dot, by Remo, and a clear 300 Snare Side, from Evans. I’ll need to spend some time exploring tension/tuning.
A quick first tap, with sticks, suggests – as expected – that I’ll need to ‘cut’ some snare beds, to get a tighter more focused snare-on sound.
Well… I need to cut the snare beds, ASAP (prob tomorrow?), and dig out a few snare stands (I’ve got three or more DIY snare projects on the go!), and get this baby set up, and start wailing on her.