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This was a deluxe kit. You don't see too many of these with 8 lug bass drums and the cymbal arm intact. The floor tom is the deep 14" one. That is a s...
12 years agoTromsa Concord Parts hardly needed!
Christian; here is a job lot of hoops in Germany. For sure, some of these are Tromsa----and there may be most of what you need. http://www.ebay.de/it...
12 years agoTrixon snare wires adjustment
I think I understand what you did-----just to be clear that you have original Trixon wires----do they have grey plastic ends?
12 years ago60's Trixon
That is a super kit. The gold sparkle that Trixon and Tromsa both used ( Trixon called it yellow/gold sparkle TX 18, Tromsa called it Gold Flitter but...
12 years agoweird french bass pedal?
Orange is Capelle, too. I think those pedals went under the name Orange, at one time n'est ce pas?
12 years agoTromsa Concord Parts hardly needed!
Ekkehard is a very fine person and your best source ,in Europe. His focus is on Tromsa and he knows those drums better than anybody. Gerd, too---he oc...
12 years agoFor $19.99 at Goodwill... Sonor?
These, by the way, were called Timbales by Trixon-------alto and tenor. They also had a 3 piece set, which included a 6 1/4" soprano. When paired as...
12 years agoFor $19.99 at Goodwill... Sonor?
These are Trixon from about 1960. The plastic connector, became the standard union for the 5 concert toms in a Speedfire set, afterwhich they showed...
12 years agoTromsa?
The construction looks similar to the Lefima shells I have seen. They are certainly not Tromsa.
12 years agoLet's have your 60s questions
John. this is fantastic. there are a lot of little missing details out there that you may be able to help with. One of the things about Beverley th...
12 years agoCleaning ancient Everplay heads
I have only seen those except for bass drum heads which are coated-----possibly on the inside?
12 years agoSnapped my Speed King
I had one in for repair 4 or 5 years ago. I sold him a rebuilt , that I had just done. The bearings were both functional on the broken one. The levera...
12 years agoCleaning ancient Everplay heads
Whether Everplays are coated or not depends on when they were made. The older ones I have had were hazy but I also have had coated and a sort of smo...
12 years agoCorrect throw?
Perhaps one of the British members knows about this for sure. Here is what I know, which isn't a lot + a little guess work. Carlton was a brand of the...
12 years agoIdentification of OLD snare drum - Help!
....welcome as well. There should be a patch on the inside where the shell seam is butted together. Alongside that patch there is usually a serial #,...
12 years ago