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Carlton Marching Snare Question?
NO - look at the logo on the head. These are 1960s NYLON heads used in the pipe band world back then. Now disappeared but I did hear they were made...
15 years agoDallas Drums?
Dallas drums are English - the same company made cheaper lines like Gigster, top range stuff like Carlton and later in the 60s Hayman when Ivor Arbite...
15 years agoAjax 14x8 snare drum - help needed!
I have one that was really really smashed up when I got it hence the major refurb - date inside is 1950 [IMG]http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/da...
15 years agoHelp me name the pieces of this kit! Clive Bunker w/ Jethro Tull 1968
You are all wrong. These are English classic drums. The blue drums are Carlton - an English make that morphed into Hayman in the 1960s... have a lo...
15 years agoWhat Year is This Kit?
Little bit earlier - snare is early 1950s and the bass any time from later 50s
16 years agoAnybody know roughly how old this drum would be?
Probably early 1960s, Carlton were an English make (turned into Hayman - Free, "All Right Now" - Simon Kirke) see: http://www.drumarchive.com/carlton...
16 years agoJohn Grey & Sons bass drum ... 20.5x12?!?!
I'd just play it as it is - the head will probably last forever - is it calf? If it breaks which is unlikely keep the flesh hoop (the wood hoop the c...
16 years agoJohn Grey & Sons bass drum ... 20.5x12?!?!
take a look here: http://www.drumarchive.com/JohnGrey/
16 years agoPearl wood-fiberglass set... more info?!
these are quite heavy shells if I remember and are generally very well regarded as having a very loud sound - the kit looks to be in perfect condition...
16 years agoAjax drums
I have a 1950 Ajax snare drum 8" deep which is also a light wood. I would think that all English drums of that era were birch - Premier at that time...
16 years agoIs this Premier kit good?
Could be early 1950s even, apart from the odd tom holder that is hard to see but looks like an early 60s one. This basic kit is visible at http://vin...
16 years agoCan you identify this gretsch set ??
Nice drums, Probably late 1970s, with one of a succession of truly awful Gretsch attempts to make a decent tom holder - this one has a distinctlly "Fi...
16 years agoStratford-Besson and Baxter
Stratford-Besson is a brand of Boosey and Hawkes the makers of Ajax - these look almost identical to Ajax but had a few lugs less thats all... The Ba...
16 years agoHow did they do that Marble Lacquer finish?
Marbling was a well known effect used in bookbinding for end-papers etc and done I think with watered down ink. My mother now 87 knew how to do it an...
17 years agoAsahi batter head for snares?
I once long long (1970s) ago had an Asahi snare-side resonant head that was very very thin and crackled when off tension and soon got ripped. Can't r...
17 years ago