glad im not alone. Of course I know they can make more money, but for some reason I feel like they should have the same attachment to it as I do. It's hard enough finding your perfect vintage kit (me I'm on the lookout for a gretsch rb copper mist with banana bar and BD ride mount.), without knowing that some savages are splitting these babies apart after so many years together. anyway, thanks for lamenting with me guys.

I was simply answering the question you sent to the seller. It is a very simple answer. And I agree in principle with the long-held vintage drum community stance that one should keep a set together.

But it is a simple matter of economics for some sellers, having nothing to do with notions of what is the "right thing to do" in the minds of vintage drum collectors.

If you want to right things in the world, go out and pay top dollar for the sets put together, and then you'll see all those sellers who were splitting up the sets, trying to find complete original kits and selling them together again.

Strange but true..And, a subject revisited with regularity on all the vintage drum (and guitar, and other) forums.

[FONT="Century Gothic"]I just experienced that this week with a black Ludwig club date 3 piece on eBay. Each drum was separate so I bid on each drum. Ultimately just tried to "win" bass drum and lost. Would have gladly paid fair price for the whole set. If you've ever tried to buy a "pieced out" kit you know how frustrating it is; not to mention how ruthless it is to make orphans of them.[/FONT]:mad:

This is one of "those" subjects. If you look closely, you will discover that even on vintage drum forums, there are people who strip or orphan drums. It's purely fiscal. It's like a person in the car behind you that gets angry when you drive the speed limit and slow to make a turn. If they are not paying for your insurance and other factors, they really don't have a voice in how you drive. Same for the drum world. Personally, I love a complete and pristine kit. But, there are times when I'm searching out a single tom or a lug or what have you. Those are the moments when I'm grateful for those with a reduced capacity of right and wrong. Most of us have experienced it if we've played for a while. For those of us that have been banging for 40 or 50 years, we've seen it so much that it's somewhat numb. Not that we don't think about it. It just doesn't keep us up at night. We have other items to accomplish that.

I agree it is a major sin, I had a Rogers set that i needed to sell about 8 months ago it was complete including all hardware hard cases etc, I put it on ebay as a set and refused to break it up it took awhile but i got exactly what i wanted for it from a person who wanted a complete set not a put together set of pieces I feel it is a shame to tear apart a perfectly good set.

i agree that breaking up a vintage kit is a sin!. but some time if a kit that's been left for dead in some damp basment and just not worth restoring. and it could make a good parts kit to finish a decent solid project why not. arent we glad to finaly get those parts

Let us not forget that this wonderful forum is just a tiny fraction of people who share (many) philosophical beliefs pertaining to vintage drums. But outside of here, it's pretty cutthroat.

-Too many drum sets and not enough stewards to take good care of them all!