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Four German snares to identify
From Chromeo...
9 years agoFour German snares to identify
# 3 is a Deri. It will have either a European beech or birch shell. Unusual to German drums, Deri/Rimmel used birch a lot for shells. It likely has a...
9 years agoLefima
Luxor were identical to Tromsa and were made for a German music distributor but eventually were sourced from Japan. They were always badged as Luxor,...
10 years agoWhat Brand Is This?
Probably an Asahi.
10 years agoTromsa Shells Vintage Custom Kit!
From ChristianB...
10 years agoCleaning & Repairing calfskin heads
Calfskin heads do dry out over time, become brittle and can tear. As CT Pro has said, they don't last forever. However, being rawhide, they are quite...
10 years agoTrixon drums on craigslist.
The only Trixons with the teardrop or shipform lugs that had standard inch sized shells were from 1963, when they transitioned to the ribbed square ta...
10 years agoIs this a Deri Set?
They look beautiful Christian, and I bet they do sound fantastic. I've always been amazed at how those little 10" Tromsa rack toms can bark. I have...
10 years agoIs this a Deri Set?
These are older Tromsa made drums. Tromsa used these lugs for some time into the 50's and they seem to overlap in production with the teardrop stamped...
10 years agoUnknown vintage set
I don't think these are English drums. Although, the lugs and T-rods have a style reminiscent of older English drums, there are too many differences i...
10 years agoMatching Rack Tom Sizes??
Sonor used same width- different depths in the teardrop era sometimes, although they did make both 12 and 13" toms. Trixon only ever made 13" toms as...
10 years agoQuestion about Carlton snare
never had a Carlton but the mechanism is likely similar to most. Parallel snare drums all suffer from various forms of misalignment possibilities....
10 years agoTROWA Drumkits, Meazzi Multisound, DIY stainless steel
Fantastic. It is great to see care put into brands that aren't grafted at the hip to music idols. That orange sparkle wrap is beautiful deep and lu...
10 years agoSonor and Slingerland kits How far gone is too far?
The condition of the chrome and wrap would dictate the deal for me. You can repaint the hoops and even fill holes but replacing chrome and sourcing a...
10 years agoQuestion: CB700, Tosco, Italy, Brass
CB700 , I'm pretty sure was just a marketing firm, like ProCussion and many others. In fact the very same Tosco, bronze cymbals that say CB 700 on the...
10 years ago