Picture this: The year is 1920. You’re a drummer in the big city. Plans for owning your first automobile are still on the drawing board, so you ride the municipal trolley car to and from gigs. Consequently, the size of your set is limited to what you can manage to carry on board with you. A challenging dilemma? Not if you own a Barry Collapsible Bass Drum!

The best products we have found for cleaning and polishing Vistalite drums and mylar wrapped drums are made by Meguiars Mirror Glaze.

With wrench in hand and the aid of this article, you can remove unsightly bends and restore a rim to its original contour.

Prompted by the insurance industry, the new regulation mandated serial numbers on certain goods, including drums.  "Up until then," said Mr. Ludwig, "some of our drums were date stamped and some weren’t - but none had serial numbers. Our dealers begged us to put them on, so we had our badge manufacturer imprint sequential numbers on the badges for all of our drums."