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Need Help Dating Rogers Paper Tag Serial #`s
That is a beautiful grouping of some of the finest American drums to ever be made. I'd be happy to own half--maybe 40% of that great Rogers set.
10 years agoNeed Help Dating Rogers Paper Tag Serial #`s
I'm not anywhere near being an expert. If I owned those drums since they were new, and if I had receipts, I would consider those receipts to trump an...
10 years ago1939 Female Big Band Drummer Viola Smith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spitalny Phil Spitalny and his "All Girl Orchestra" was a very popular group in the bag band era. Great gimmick wit...
10 years agoSlingerland beyond repair?
150 EUR = 194.34 US Dollars. If the drum is structurally sound, that price is OK if the tom mount in the picture and the bass drum spurs come with it...
10 years agoIf you could.......
I already have it. My 1963 Leedy Black Diamond Pearl 14x20, 9x13, 16x16, matching Shelly Manne snare is the basic drum set. If I could have anything,...
10 years agoGene Krupa in NY
My wife graduated from Bowen High School in Chicago. Her desk in one class room had former Bowen High student, Gene Krupa's name carved into the wood...
10 years ago1961 Ludwig Cocktail - Lounge drum
The snares are just approximately one half of a regular strand of snares that are affixed to the mechanism used for an internal tone control. The cock...
10 years agoHelp date this kit...
From painful100...
10 years agoBehind every vintage drum collector
Mike: I sincerely hope that you are somewhere in the San Francisco area that does not get those terrible earthquakes.
10 years agoBehind every vintage drum collector
My drum collecting began by acquiring a couple of vintage drum sets that I wish I had played back in the sixties. This began when I was about three ye...
10 years agoCan someone identify this (Slingerland?)drumset?
What are the sizes of the drums? Are the heads metric dimensions?
10 years agoWalberg and Auge Badge Timeline
This is my favorite W&A badge from my 1963 Gold Glass Glitter set.
10 years ago1966 Slingerland 9N?
There is considerably more bang for a lot fewer bucks with vintage Slingernad (or SlingerLeedy) than there is with vintage Gretsch. I think that the G...
10 years agoCustom Offset Swivomatic Bass Drum cymbal rod
I used a Rogers Swivomatic cymbal extension arm to do essentially the same thing when combined with a simple "disappearing" cymbal rod. We drum nerds...
10 years agoFirst Drum set
There's nothing unusual about a Slingerland bass drum from the sixties having a rail mount. It's not as commonplace for a seventies Slingy bass drum t...
10 years ago