Hi Bruce, Great video! I always love your content.
  I remember reading somewhere that only Slingerland made the solid maple shells and they supplied other drum companies. I wish I could point you to where I read it.
  I have a 14x4 1/2 inch Ludwig snare from the same era as your 8 inch, same solid maple shell. A true barn find; all the glue had failed on the shell and reinforcement rings. Wood glue and fifty clamps saved that old Ludwig from the dump.
  I have always been in to vintage drum restoration and in this age of YouTube you have become an invaluable resource. Thank you.

Regarding the cymbal; I find that different sticks (especially the stick tip) will vary the sound of any cymbal.  If you don't have a pair of Vater Manhattan 7A sticks, go out and get a pair and try it on this cymbal. They're slightly larger than any other 7A stick I've ever used (they're almost a 5A) and they have a small round wood tip that makes any yuky sounding cymbal sound so much better and, I've always been pleased with their performance.  You might want to try that before you decide on rivets or try one of those rivet sizzle sounding devices that just attached to the wing nut.  But if you do a rivet installation case study, that would be neat too, no matter what cymbal you decide to do it on... whatever floats your boat.

Welcome back, Bruce!  A fascinating video.  These videos are invaluable; please keep them coming!

Well done. Excellent production. Thank you

Finally you’re back lol.

The cymbal sounds good through my phone.

Looking forward to it.

Thanks for the great video!  It’s great to watch you take a drum apart so we can see how the inside parts work since different brands and models vary.   It’s also interesting to learn what strainers came before or after other strainers.  Especially the Camco.

Thank you for the great videos and wisdom, and especially for taking care of gorgeous Ellie. As for the K cymbal, I prefer wooden tips, which I believe you are using, but with that cymbal I'd go nylon for that hand and wooden for other one. Rivets would be a great idea and thank you again. Got the flu right now, so this is a great present while suffering!

K cymbal - I bet it has a monster crash to it.  It sounded pretty good when you slightly crashed at the end towards the end.  Might even be good in a hard rock or heavy metal setting.  But they're all going to sound slightly different between the identical models. To me, the only ones that seem to sound consistently the same is the Paiste brand.  If you want washy dark and lower pitched, you'll need to go thinner.  Paiste is on the thick side and they have that louder explosion high pitched crash

never been a proponent of tuning drums too high. a drum has a sweet spot depending on its size.

Do you sell vintage drum parts?