Completing the full restoration of this Premier "2001" (ex "2005") snare drum. Installing the Flobeam mechanism, and fitting hoops, heads and snare wires.
Premier “2000” Snare Drums. “Slack” action?.. even when the tensioners are maxxed-out?.. Here’s the proper way to set the lay, and tension of the Flobeam snare wires
(I think this may be) the real secret to dialling-in the correct lie and tension for the infamous Premier "Flobeam" parallel snare system. "Snares too slack - even when you're fully tensioned??"... Read on...
Premier “2001” Snare Drum Restoration. Shell hardware installation
Starting the re-fit for this recently re-wrapped Premier "2001" snare drum. Fitting the basic shell hardware...
Premier “2001” and “Royal Ace” Snare Drum Restorations. When re-wrapping goes well… (and perhaps, not quite so well)…
Re-wrapping a pair of cleaned and salvaged, vintage Premier snare drum shells. A late 60's / early 70's "2001" shell in "Zebra Pearl", and a 1960's "Royal Ace" in "Black Diamond"
Premier “2001” Snare Drum Restoration. Sealing the shell interior, with a wipe-on poly finish
A final clean for the interior of this birch and beech, Premier "2001" shell. A modern, water-based, "wipe-on" polyester finish is used, to prep the shell - ready for a re-wrap
Premier “2001” Snare Drum Restoration. What’s under the wrap?..
Although I've stabilised and cleaned back the interior of this Premier "2001" shell - I still don't have a complete picture of how much restoration will be required to the exterior of the shell. Let's get that wrap off then...
Premier “2001” Snare Drum Restoration. Glueing-in the reinforcement ring
I didn't originally intend to remove the batter side re-ring on this Premier "2001" snare shell - but now that it's out, and I've got the rest of the interior cleaned up - I need to make sure that it's properly glued back into place, once and for all...
Premier “2001” Snare Drum. Repair and restoration – Re-ring removal. Maybe don’t try this at home…
The mystery of this (apparent) Premier 2001 shell deepens, and before you know it, I'm attempting a tricky re-ring removal...
New Project. Late 1960’s / early 1970’s, Premier “2001” Snare Drum. Repair and restoration – Evaluation
A chance to restore a Premier "2001", birch shelled snare drum. But at first inspection - is there more to this than meets the eye?..