Vintage Drum Collectors Rejoice!!!There are thousands of Vintage Drums on EBAY...and NOT ONE like this!!!Here is a restored 1964 TRIXON "Telstar" Bass Drum in Gleaming White Marine Pearl.This drum came to me as a junk piece...it was almost ready for the scrap/parts out pile. 
But because TRIXON drums, and Especially the "Telstar" conical series,  are so darn RARE, I decided to restore it, and let drummers enjoy it for another 50 years.The "Telstar" series from TRIXON featured "conical" drum shells. One end of the drum was one size, the other end was a different size.
This made the Drum set look like a 1960s Satellite from Outer Space!! The Telstar series were, Hand Down, the COOLEST looking drums ever produced by any drum maker. When you are playing a gig with 1960s Trixon Telstars, every drummer in the house will be coming up to you telling you how cool your drums look.
That, I will guarantee you.The Problem:  So many drummers today see pictures of Telstar Drums on the 'net, and would love to have a set of their own. The problem?  There arent any for sale!!  The drummers lucky enough to have them, KEEP them.   EBAY may only have one or two Telstar sets a year listed, and they are always snapped up quickly for big money.
But With THIS  Telstar Bass Drum, you have the basic building block of you own Telstar Kit. The Bass Drum is what everybody notices, because of the EXTREME conical shape. You could even get away with this Bass Drum, and MIJ toms ( rectangular lugs) wrapped in the same WMP....it would still look amazing.The History of this Drum:I acquired this 1964 drum as a labor of love, as it was just about ready for the scrap heap. But I know how Rare these are, so I decided to restore it and let another drummer enjoy it for hopefully, another 50 years. Now, when *I* buy a used drum, I want the seller to disclose everything about the drum, so I can make an intelligent buying decision.So, here's a detailed description of the drum and what was done, changed, replaced, missing, etc during the Restoration. I try to disclose Everything ,as there are NO Returns on this drum.The drum came with NO wrap, and a ton of glue on the shell.  90 % of the glue was removed using elbow grease (mine) and the shell cleaned up big time. Just this part took most of a Saturday and gave me Dishpan Hands....where's Marge with the Palmolive when you need her?? The next step was to re-wrap this drum in brand new, gleaming White Marine Pearl from Precision Drum Company. This is the real thing, NOT some cheapo Asian drum wrap.  The wrap was installed with 3M Hi Bond Tape, rather than glue. This allows the buyer to change the wrap color if they desire without having to scrape off a ton of glue, the way I had to!!  Wrapping:
Now, a Conical drum cannot be wrapped the way a normal drum is. You need multiple pieces because of the odd shape. Every 1960s Trixon Telstar drum, for example, uses multiple pieces of wrap with multiple seams. The size of this drum is 16 inches on the Reso end, and 19.75 on the Batter end1) This drum uses three pieces of WMP wrap, each cut precisely to fit the odd shell. There are three seams. The seams were cleverly cut to fit under the lugs, which not only hides them, but serve as an anchor to keep the wrap tight. This is how TRIXON did it.  You will never have the problem of the seams lifting, the lugs anchor them down. Smart.2) Most of the inside screws that hold the lugs to the shell were replaced new, shiny exact metric replacements.3) Hoops:  The Wooden hoop was in bad shape but was pretty much in the round. So, it could be restored. I sanded it down as much as I dared,  and then repainted it. I was able to find an almost exact replica Metalic Gray of the original Trixon color.  Then, WMP inlays were cut from the same WMP stock to cover the shell.....(so they match perfectly).  Three pieces of inlay were attached to the "canal" on the hoop using 3m Hi Bond tape. The hoop now looks fantastic and brand new. 
The 16 inch metal hoop is not original, it is a modern replacement and looks great.4) Hardware: The Trixon hardware is incredibly unique and almost impossible to find. So I had to reuse every last piece I could that still worked, and repair what did not, and most importantly, find and buy replacement parts (this was very painful, but I have done all this work for you!!)Most of the hardware was in good shape, but needed a VERY deep cleaning and polishing to bring it back from 50 years of grime city.
There is some pitting  on the lugs and on a couple of the long Tension rods with the "Trixon" script. Most of them look nice. I cleaned these up as best I could, and Relocated the few worst ones with pitting/flaking to the BOTTOM of the drum, where they wont be seen much. There is the normal wear and tear you would find on any 50 year old drum hardware, but in general, pretty nice.Also, the drum came to me without ANY of the short "slotted" tension rods for the 16 inch side.  I was able to locate 7 of the 8 needed.  Some of these have some missing chrome on the slotted top, but otherwise are in good shape and work just fine. For the one remaining lug without a rod, I was able to find a traditional tension rod but with the correct metric threading and I have installed it on the bottom of the drum.  Underneath the lugs are a plastic "basket". There are some small cracks here and there on them that dont affect anything. I just mention them for 100% disclosure. 5) All Hardware with moving parts was lightly lubricated, and it all works as it should now. This includes the Cymbal rod holder, the tom tom rod holder and the legs. The legs collapse into the shell for easy insertion into a drum bag. The Tension rods and "Clasps" were  in fine shape, except for a couple, and these were relocated to the Bottom of the drum where they again, will not be seen much.6) Large Head Muffler. This was completely rebuilt using new screws and nuts, and the Muffler Cloth cleaned and washed. It was pretty stained and filthy, now it almost looks like new. The end of the cloth is frayed, but it still reaches over the end of the shell to muffle the head. This is the original muffler!!7) NOTE:  The drum did not come to me with the small muffler for the 16 inch end. Since its not really needed anyway from a sound perspective, I have not installed one. I did not plug up the holes in the shell for this if you ever wish to install one, and I left the wrap on top untouched.
 Really, though, you dont need a muffler on the 16 inch side. I wouldn't bother with it.8) HEADS:  The 16 inch head is a used Remo Coated White Ambassador in very good shape. Some stick marks on the head.  The head for the 19.75 end is a Brand NEW , 20 inch Evans Tom Tom head and it fits perfectly. There is no problem with heads on this drum. Those  problems happen with old Premier Drums.So in closing, this may not be a museum piece, and I'll call it a "players drum" even tho I think its much nicer than that now....but Damn, this drum looks SHARP, and luckily I have done ALL the work for you.  Get a WMP rack tom and floor tom, and start gigging.  Heres a free tip: Some of the cheapo MIJ drums have a lug that is pretty close to the Trixon. Find a couple of those drums, cover them in WMP and from 20 feet away, everyone will think its a matching set. If you want to get something super quick, just buy a couple of  Gretsch "Catalina" drums as the WMP on those is perfect match for this.I'm Telling ya, George Jetson would be proud of this Drum. :)   And....your drummer friends will DROOL when they see you using it.******On a serious note, may God Bless our brave men and women in the Armed Forces, and keep them safe.NOTE: USA Buyers ONLY!!   USA Shipping ONLY!!    Sorry, No Exceptions.