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Help 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 agoThis is the Display Your Vintage Bass Pedal Thread
I don't have that exact pedal in my collection but do have a W&A pedal that is identical except for the footboard. I have seen that footboard on othe...
5 years agoThis is the Display Your Vintage Bass Pedal Thread
Honoring the long tradition of drum shops leading the way in design, here are some Frank Wolf pedals. I have not seen any other design where the beat...
5 years agoCornelius Ward 1837 Patent snare drum
Thanks for your interest. I did a Google search on the address a while back and the only interesting thing I found was a connection to accordions and...
5 years agoCornelius Ward 1837 Patent snare drum
Thank you for your interest and comments. I think I posted some of the "after" photographs in a duplicate post. This was my first time to start a thr...
5 years agoTime For Some Fun
I don't know why I know this but Phil Collins is also a world class expert on the Alamo. I think he even donated his vast personal collection of Alam...
5 years agoWinkler three headed cocktail drum
I have been helping Tommy Winkler of Nashville clean out his workshop and bought three cocktail drums that he made in 2003 under his TW brand. He exh...
5 years agoCornelius Ward 1837 Patent snare drum
Sorry about the double posting, I am an idiot. This was my first attempt at posting a thread and I got caught in some sort of "why do you want to edi...
5 years ago