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Must have an in with the Moniker Gods.
are you kidding? Matt Ludwig? http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/matt-ludwig-drum-kit-chandelier
12 years agoanyone know about Deri snare drums?
sorry, here's the post http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=32181&highlight=deri as far as the value on such a drum?? it depends on the...
12 years agoVintage drums before they were vintage on TV
From thornbeck...
12 years agoanyone know about Deri snare drums?
Deri was a name derived from the first two letters of the last names of the partners, Max DEibel and Karl RImmel. The company started making drums in...
12 years agoWich Bassdrum is this?:-)
they sell them at TOYS "Я" US, in the DЯUM dept.
12 years agoAjax Cymbal
welcome to the forum, Emily. Ajax, were as George says, made from nickel silver alloy and were an entry level cymbal. I have 2 of the 18" versions an...
12 years agoAnother "I never knew that"-- North Snare Drum!
From FFR428...
12 years agoMasonite!
Around the time that Trixon transitted from the teardrop lugs that they had used since 1947 to the ribbed tank lugs ,introduced in 1963, they fiddled...
12 years agoSnare wires for an old 13" snare
The wires on this look to be original to me. Possibly they are , copper wound on silk? The butt end , that the snares loop through is an original part...
12 years agoFinally got myself a pancake!!!!
well; things are a little different now. there is a great sense of pride attached to local production but sometimes with the pendulum swinging too far...
12 years agoOlympic Kit help
Those will be cool little drums and I suspect in all normal sizes too. The only major thing wrong with 6 lug drums is that the tuning drifts from opti...
12 years agoFinally got myself a pancake!!!!
there used to be a cheap restaurant about 10 miles from me, beside a cute little lake that sits about 150 feet above Lake Ontario but only 100 yards o...
12 years agoNickel vs. Chrome hardware
Chrome is harder than nickel( although hey are both hard), so buffing chrome mechanically is a little less risky. However, unless the chrome job is a...
12 years agoSonor [smoke and mirrors]?
Karl Heinz Weimar started fresh in 1947. He had financing. His original shop was a small concern , in an air raid shelter. From 1949 to 1956 he was i...
12 years agoSonor [smoke and mirrors]?
Actually, Trixon began in 1947, around the same time the Link's were hopping fences to get away from the Russians. By the time, Sonor got refinanced...
12 years ago