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Is Anyone Still Using This Forum?
I check in on a daily basis and usually learn something. I think it will take a while before postings get back to the "old" days... This is the best...
5 years agoRogers BOP kit
I have a friend who makes rope tension drums and he buys small diameter drum heads such as your 18" all the time with special larger size flesh hoops...
5 years agoLeedy Project Begins
I have never heard of "clown barf" before, but I think it would be appropriate for some of the drums I have seen, including some new drums. Maybe one...
5 years agoHappy 79th Birthday, Charlie
Happy annual observance of your post natal emergence!
5 years agoHerch Percussion
I used to search eBay and Reverb several years ago when I was in the market for a drum from the Dominican Republic called a tamburo and would get resu...
5 years agoHow will live music performance change in the (near) future?
I am spending some of my down time catching up on my reading. I thought it was ironic that I am reading the collected Ludwig Drummers book and am on...
5 years agoDrum hardware storage suggestions
I have slowly converted all of my hardware and small instrument storage on shelves to plastic bins. I will attach some photos that were taken a while...
5 years agoHelp identifying bass drum pedal
Wow, This group is a brain trust. Thanks so much for the help. I guess I am too quick to assign that shade of blue to Sonor and Trixon. I will have...
5 years agoHelp identifying bass drum pedal
Hello, This appears to me to be either an early Sonor or Trixon bass drum pedal. It came without a beater and the leather strap was broken from age a...
5 years agoBass drum ride mount idea
I am not familiar with the hardware you mentioned but I have recently bought the three components of a Rogers Swivomatic style bass drum ride cymbal m...
5 years agoNeed recommendation for a set of drum silencers
I don't think of them as mufflers, but I have been very happy using Sabian quiet tone mutes for teaching and quieter practice. They don't do anything...
5 years ago17" Tenor to Bass drum conversion
A drum partner in crime of mine used to make rope tensioned drums and he bought raw unglued wooden hoops in various sizes from Cooperman Fifes and Dru...
5 years agoInnovative designs that attempted to "improve" upon tradition.
Wonderful thread, thanks for posting this. I wonder if the Gaither design is based on the earlier Firchie snare drums? Are you familiar with them?...
5 years agoWinkler three headed cocktail drum
Yes, indeed. After the floor tom legs arrive I will do a video from my wife's cell phone and try to post it. I will look at the possible file types...
5 years agoWinkler three headed cocktail drum
Hello, I have not really played this particular cocktail drum mainly because I have just finished taking it apart and cleaning it completely. It was...
5 years ago