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First commercially available brushes?
I just came across this description of the use of sandpaper to simulate a train sound, and it goes on to mention the use of wires and a thin sheet of...
15 years ago3M Safest Stripper (Please resist...resist)
From poppy79424...
15 years agoAre these for a trap table? 1920s 1930s temple block rods?
TheHotIron - My feeling is that you are right on! Those rods have the old Mickey Mouse ear wing nuts too. I am looking forward to seeing your set wh...
15 years agoYour "dream Kit" Has Arrived!
Strolling drums! Cocktail kit! Cool!!! Clapping Happy2
15 years agoNeed help! Details needed on 1920s-30s cylmbal hanger piece!
TheHotIron - I recently was looking for something I could use for the same reason, and used an old Hi-Hat washer for the hanger. The washer is the kin...
15 years agoWhat is this type of snare drum?
If someone feels those lugs are interesting then let me share a way you too can have that cool style. I have seen brushed stainless drawer pulls (cabi...
15 years agoDid Krupa Give Baby Dodds Some Drums Or Not?
Wflkurt – Thank you for your identification of the floor tom and the lugs! What year was that matched set you sold? It was interesting that WFL stagge...
15 years agoDid Krupa Give Baby Dodds Some Drums Or Not?
From Klinger...
15 years agoDid Krupa Give Baby Dodds Some Drums Or Not?
Thank you all for getting in on this! It looks like Dodds went to New York to work with Bunk Johnson in early 1945 (they recorded some and you can he...
15 years agoDid Krupa Give Baby Dodds Some Drums Or Not?
OK, for those who may have been looking into this. I was able to discover a couple of quotes from Baby Dodds' autobiography "The Baby Dodds Story" tha...
15 years agoDid Krupa Give Baby Dodds Some Drums Or Not?
From Roscoe...
15 years agoDid Krupa Give Baby Dodds Some Drums Or Not?
Roscoe - First of all, Thank You!, I do appreciate your input, as not many have taken interest in my post. I have seen the kit you referred to, but i...
15 years agoDid Krupa Give Baby Dodds Some Drums Or Not?
A story has it that Gene Krupa gave Baby Dodds some drums (a set???) and it appears to me that Dodds added two WMP Tom Toms to his set after he alread...
15 years agoHelp! What 1920s "Mount" is this? China Cymbal?
Here is my two cents. I don’t believe you could attach that to a hoop if you fliped it over (unless it was on the bottom of the bass drum) because the...
15 years agoFirst commercially available brushes?
Yeah Gerry - I have those DVDs and that wallet thing in that video is the exact scene I was thinking of when I wrote my last post. What a coincidence!...
15 years ago