NEW SNARES...AND I DO CARES

After several months of pain and suffering (AAAAaaawwww!)  I finally got some help from the medical profession and have been offered some relief from my arthritis situation in the form of miscellaneous vitamins and pills.  Do you know what this means?

Yes, it means I have been back on Ebay searching for poor, neglected drums to repair and restore.  I have even attempted to play them for brief stretches.  Here are photos of a few "Made-in-Japan" snare drums I have picked up recently and are preparing to restore:

I love these cheap-old Japanese drums because they come in such a wide variety of styles and colors and are relatively easy to clean up and restore.  These three don't appear to need a whole lot of work, just a little spit and polish.  Of course, if you don't happen to dip Copenhagen, then just the polish will do.

As you can see, my wit and motivation to move have returned now that my pain problems have been addressed.  It is especially difficult when you are younger than 50 to adequately explain to others - and even those among the medical community - that you do indeed suffer tremendously from osteoarthritis in your knees and feel as though someone has impaled your leg joints with a medium-sized Phillips-head screwdriver.  I didn't need three hundred dollars worth of X-rays to convince me that I needed some GOT-DANG PAIN MEDICATION PLEASE but some doctors just have to be calm and thorough and take their ever-lovin' time examining the situation and deciding what measures to take when a handful of Tramadol, damn-it-all, would have brought my much-needed relief so much sooner.  But what the heck.  It was only six months of bones crushing bones as I struggled up and down stairs and so forth.  What does he care?  He's young and healthy, and I've got my little happy pills now.

And LOOK!!!!!!!!

Here's another "MIJ-it" kit for me to work on!