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Pearl lunch box on ebay
It's actually a carrying case made for Neil Peart. It was made to carry about 500 of the smaller parts ,of his 2000 piece drum kit, between gigs.
12 years agoJohn Grey Autocrat snare
I only know the beer tap type of throw on W.F.L. but I am imagining it to be a type with a threaded adjustment on one side and a simple lever that go...
12 years ago1952 Tromsa 14 x 6 w.m.p.
I've seen it on a few other drums-----certainly older ( 30's?) British drums. Perhaps the extra labour to have someone fit it and rivet it on eventual...
12 years ago1952 Tromsa 14 x 6 w.m.p.
The serial # inside has a 52 at the beginning and the lugs are the older nickel on cast aluminum, Tromsa used in the 50's. The 8 hole hoops are virtua...
12 years agoOrigin of Stars
[QUOTE=RogerSling;202399]Didn't defend. Won't defend. It ain't personal. This is a drumming history site. The more we get out of the way of truth,...
12 years agoOrigin of Stars
Yes. of course. Companies can flaunt their humble beginnings and supply vague milestones in their rise to success but it doesn't change the fact that...
12 years agoOrigin of Stars
Seto, Japan.
12 years agoOrigin of Stars
From tdennis...
12 years agoOrigin of Stars
Japan had one thing and one thing only in mind during the 1950's and 60's and that was to acquire as much foreign currency as possible----specifically...
12 years agoTrixon solid shell snare
Here,a a pic of the inside seam. It"s about 5" from the outside seam----picture. 4 in the first post.
12 years agoTromsa C.O.B. 14x4 parallel strainer snare
Metal drums are not as interesting to me as wooden ones but this one was offered cheap(60.00). The pictures I saw didn't do it justice and I had no aw...
12 years agoTrixon solid shell snare
So,after doing a more careful analysis of the solid Sonor shell in the recent post, I take a closer look at the 1956 Trixon shell that looks like a s...
12 years agosonor question
it was done on a blackberry , so that's why the resolution is about as good as it can be-----no macro . i don't have a camera currently that can give...
12 years agosonor question
'tis a pretty dark line and dead straight down the middle.
12 years agoQuestion re: gold-plated hardware
yea, plating can be pretty thin and gold is soft. you wouldn't want to buff it too much.---the buffing might go like this, with each stroke .25, .50,....
12 years ago