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Ludwig engraved 15" 10 Lug- help dating
thebaskit - If you will notice the vent hole is a lug to the left of the strainer. Based on the catalogues again (they may not be the last word here,...
15 years agoLudwig engraved 15" 10 Lug- help dating
Judging by the catalogues, the single flange hoops showed up around 1923. Can we see more photos? We might be able to narrow the date down some if...
15 years agoDid Krupa Give Baby Dodds Some Drums Or Not?
Here is a little more about Baby Dodds’ drum set as written by Fredrick Ramsey Jr. for the Folkways record issued in 1951. The recording of thos...
15 years agocowbells that you have and use!!!
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15 years agoCowbell
From vintagemore2000...
15 years agoCowbell
Has anybody checked their old “trap” sets to see if their old cowbells had a hook inside for the “clapper” (the ringer that hangs inside a bell)? I...
15 years agoCowbell
Search "livestock cow bell", I did and there might be something more like the old vintage stuff (read early traps here, maybe earlier than 50s though)...
15 years ago1930's Leedy Reliance Snare
From Rich K....
15 years agoLeedy Snare, Bass and Hardware Restoration
Recently I was checking out some of the vintage possibilities for paint, and back then the DuPont company here in the USA was making the product they...
15 years agoWhen Did 1920s Ludwig Metal Shells Change?
It’s looking to me like Ludwig made all their brass shelled snares in the “Double Bead” center rib (2 piece, 4 seam with the double...
15 years ago1930's Leedy Reliance Snare
Are these shells like the heavier 2 piece 4 seam (2 horizontal seams along the center rib and 1 vertical seam per half) Ludwigs of the early 20s and b...
15 years agoDid Krupa Give Baby Dodds Some Drums Or Not?
Could this be the account of how Baby Dodds got his WMP bass drum (maybe the three WFL toms also)? The quote below is from the book The Baby Dodds Sto...
15 years agoWhen Did 1920s Ludwig Metal Shells Change?
I went back and visited AK-Drums and really took a look at the great photos at the link I posted below (Perclee here on this forum brought this link t...
15 years agoWhen Did 1920s Ludwig Metal Shells Change?
From sammypenn...
15 years agoHave You Tried A Restoration Technique That DOESN’T WORK?
poppy79424 and jonnistix - Thanks you guys! I was just about to tell GoneDrumming he was a "one of a kind" because no one else had contributed to this...
15 years ago