The top head could be tuned but the botton head was attached to the shell with carpet tacks. These bottom heads were very thick and made from goat. In this year, Slingerland introduced the Broadcaster model. While not actually catalogued, the Broadcaster was the forerunner to the Radio King models. These lugs had tapped threaded holes for the tension rods.

By , most lugs were equipped with spring-loaded, threaded inserts, which eliminated cross threading problems. The new extended patent pending adjustable snares gates were first used on this model, as well. While they are quite rare, a metal shell Broadcaster was also available in Few examples exist today. Note the use of the older Todd internal tone control on the Broadcasters. As far as I know, there is no actual evidence of any legal action by Gretsch but it can safely be assumed that was the reasoning behind the name change.

The Radio King line of drums first appeared in the catalog. On very early Radio King drums , the words were actually engraved into the top rims see photo at right. Eight lugs became the standard by Very rare metal solid brass shell Radio King note the tapped lugs. Rare Abalone Pearl Radio King. Courtesy of Mike Curotto. His photo would be featured on every Slingerland catalog until Krupa is credited with bringing the drummer to the forefront. He is also responsible for the introduction of the fully tunable tom tom. Prior to , tom toms could only be tuned from the top, thus limiting the tuning range.

The catalog featured these new tunable tom toms…. Soon, special single sided lugs were produced. Below are photos of Gene Krupa using an early Radio King tom with snare lugs and an example of a green pearl tom with them. Constructed of three-ply mahogany and poplar shells with maple reinforcing rings, the Radio King tom toms were available in various sizes: Those with painted finishes received an outer ply of maple.

It was an eight lug, solid maple snare drum and was offered in the 6. Note the four screw extension brackets with adjustable end pieces.

These were changed to the six screw type around The adjustable brackets had small brass thumb wheels that raised or lowered the height of the snares. These adjustable end pieces were discontinued after World War Two.

Slingerland drums did not change much in design from through However, in , Slingerland introduced the Super Radio King snare drum. This drum featured the new Super lugs and the innovative Super snare strainer. The Super lugs also known as the small beaver tail lugs were available on snare drums as well as tom toms and even bass drums. The Super Strainer also known as the clamshell was an attractive design but proved to be rather fragile and difficult to adjust. Hollywood Ace with Super lugs. Extremely rare 14x24 bass drum with Super lugs. A few sparkle finishes were offered as well.

For the drummers who did not like the extended snare systems of Radio King snare drums, a simpler version was available. During World War Two, the U. Replacing the metal lugs were beautiful hand-carved rosewood and walnut lugs. These distinctive lugs along with pearl-inlaid solid maple hoops, and rosewood Super strainers combine to create a true work of art. The Rolling Bombers line continued for the duration of the war war years: For more information on drums of the war years, click here: During the war and until about , the aluminum cloud badge was often used in addition to the brass version.

Most likely, most of the aluminum badges were only used near the end of the war or right after. Slingerland passed away on March 13, His brother Walter Robert Slingerland became new president. Brass was difficult to obtain during and right after WWII. After the end of World War II, Slingerland slowly resumed normal drum production but their drums were basically the same as their pre-war drums. Understandably, it would be several years before any significant design advancements were made. Leedy had been offering floor tom legs since ! In , Slingerland presented their new line of hardware.

Replacing the Streamline lugs were the new Beaver Tail lugs.

They were identical in design to the Super lugs but larger. These larger beaver tail lugs were installed on tom toms and bass drums.

The small Super lugs were still offered as an option on snare drums, toms and bass drums. New double flanged hoops were also introduced in , replacing the single flange clip-on style hoops. Smaller bass drums became available in answer to the new Be-Bop craze. Large bass drums like 14x26 and 14x28 bass drum shells were often cut down to smaller sizes. Note the beautiful craftsmanship. However, it is identical to the catalog illustration see above.

Slingerland drums remained pretty much the same during this period.

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This badge was used until Oddly, some Radio King sets had both the older streamlined hardware as well as the new large oval badge. The large oval badge was replaced by a slightly smaller version in Combo outfit in action. A third, simpler version of the brass oval badge came out around and was used for about three years.

Note the aluminum grommet on this mid fifties bass drum badge below. Slingerland completely changed the look of their drums in with the introduction of the new Sound King hardware. Up for sale here is a lot of 6 Slingerland small drum lugs 1. Screws appear to be short for 3-ply shells. Two are worse than the others.

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I guess it's possible that a larger concert size snare drum model may of used them too. Nickel finish, in very good condition. See pics for actual condition. These are for the double lug bass drums with single end tension on each lug. All are in pretty good shape but show pitting, no cracks, complete with mounting screws. Hole spacing is 3" center to cente Has old piece of white tape that has been there for decades and might show fade once removed.

Seam is loose from the shell. Drilled for 8 sound king lugs. The shell is in round and the bearing edges are nicked up.