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Italian cymbals .vs. Turkish & Chinese...
If we are talking about vintage cymbals, then there are more Italian makers to talk about. The early Toscos were terrific and those marked F&F Zanchi...
12 years agocustom 26" cymbals
Well. I will ask about 28s or 30s. having discussed the 26s , my feeling is ----perhaps that might be stretching it. I 'm not sure whether the mill is...
12 years agoTrowa orange sparkle snaredrum
It is 360 mm x 115mm or 14 3/16" x 4 1/2" . This one was made sometime in the early 50's not long after the Link's left for West Germany. It came w...
12 years agosonor question
since this very same wrap was used by so many companies, I'm sure it has had many different names. There was a green version too. I have only seen it...
12 years agocustom 26" cymbals
I am placing an order from Diril, early next week. This will be for the traditional series, completely hand made. The weights will all be custom weigh...
12 years agosonor question
Not on mine. The bellcrank, that operates the snare hangers comes a little close but the Sonor drums I have seen had a rather shallow rering anyway an...
12 years agoTromsa aquamarine sparkle snaredrum
forgot that. it's actually a 3 1/2 x 14 but the Tromsa narrow shells vary all the way from 3 1/4" up to slightly over 4. their 5 x14 drums seem to be...
12 years agoTromsa aquamarine sparkle snaredrum
This is a medium grade Tromsa snaredrum. The hand inscribed serial # on the seam patch indicates a mfg. date of 1963. Oddly, it came with a matching b...
12 years agosonor question
The interior of my drum is as found. It is just dirty. The wood is European Beech and like Magnus' snare it never had any rerings. You can see from M...
12 years agosonor question
From OddBall...
13 years agoWhat is this snare?
Found this thread on the Pearl Drummer's Forum. Seems to be a similar snare. The owner ,from Lithuania, claims it is Trowa http://www.pearldrummersfo...
13 years agosonor question
Here are a couple of others that show the straight through shell.
13 years agosonor question
From OddBall...
13 years agoTrowa orange sparkle snaredrum
Here are a couple of pix of the Bongos.
13 years agoTrowa orange sparkle snaredrum
This is a Trowa snare, I bought about 2 years ago. It came with a matching pair of Bongos 6 and 8". The wrap is original as is the nickel plate.
13 years ago