I know I owe an updated on how the whole relocation process has been going but that will be for a new blog post next week(hopefully).

Around the Summer 2002 I found myself getting interested in drum building. It first started with refurbishing an old Sixties Premier drum set. From there I built my first complete drum set followed by a batch of snare drums and started a drum company "Nivek Drum and Percussion" I lost interest in building when the market got over saturated with all the "custom" drum companies that were popping up offering the same product. Building drums taught me how to appreciate all the work that goes into the various drums I use today. I always encourage students to try building their own snare drum so they can learn about all the various parts that make a drum do what it does.

The original wrap with included broken snare strainer.

The Craviotto

All summer I had been looking for a fun refurbishing project but had no luck until a couple days ago when a Drum Workshop/Craviotto drum was listed on eBay for an almost too good to be true price. Fast forward to today when I received the drum. Upon inspection the drum had been poorly cared for. The snare strainer was the biggest issue being completely busted in several different spots. The snare wires were held together by shoelaces on one side. The drum wrap was bubbling almost all around the drum and even cracked in some spots. The inside of the drum has a bunch of blotchy stains on the inside of it. Not sure what caused it but so far a Mr. Clean "Magic Eraser" and light steel wool have done nothing to remove it. The chrome on all of the hardware seems to have survived with maybe the need to replace only one lug.

Removed drum wrap exposing the bare shell.

First step was to remove the hardware. After that I went over and borrowed my fathers heat gun and proceeded to take of the wrap.

Now that the wrap is completely removed, it's now time to remove the left over glue. DW doesn't mess around when it comes to their finish ply wraps, so this drum has quite the build up of left over glue. I'm sure there is a good chemical that I can use to remove glue but I decided to go ahead use a sander with a medium grit sandpaper to remove the glue.

Stay tuned for more updates!

It's all I have left.