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Anybody an idea what Snare this is?
I suspected possibly it had a steel shell. Karl Rimmel, one of the partners in Deri, owned a foundry and metal working shop. They did a lot of cast al...
11 years agoHayman vs Ludwig? how do they compare?
Generally, they were an attempt by Ivor Arbiter to produce a somewhat updated English drum that played louder than his previous Dallas and Carltons or...
11 years agoHelp with identifying Drumset!
Yes. Deri and the partner brand, Rimmel were usually excellent sounding drums. Like most companies ( Trixon, Asba , possibly Meazzi , Noble & Cooley...
11 years agoAnybody an idea what Snare this is?
The German companies all made traditional drums like this, ----shallow snares ,often used for marching,with floating heads, until quite recently, so...
11 years agoSonor plastic snare lugs
There must have been a Johnny Drumlug Seed in Germany in th early 70's because 3 companies ( Sonor, Tromsa and Deri----all West German) experimented w...
11 years agoHelp with identifying Drumset!
Again, Christian; you have a Deri kit. These are very nice drums , made around 1960 or so. The shells should be either birch with beech re-rings or p...
11 years agoAnybody an idea what Snare this is?
It was made by Deri. The date is a bit difficult because they stopped using square t-rod heads around 1957 or so but this drum ,probably predates...
11 years agoUnknown Wrap
I believe that is the shortlived "Iceberg Ahead" wrap. Delmar sold an "Arctic Oyster" a few years back and it sunk too.
11 years agoOld snare drum, can anyone tell me what it is?
are those longitudinal striations on the inside of the shell, continuous , all the way around, as though they were made in a rolling machine, which ki...
11 years agoOld snare drum, can anyone tell me what it is?
There are a couple of things you can do to help put the drum into at least a category, i.e. American, British, continental etc. Get a hold of an s.a....
11 years agoMy Rose Kit !!
Interesting wrap on those. I've seen a similar design with a white to grey pearlescence separating the basic colour, as opposed to a dark colour separ...
11 years agoVintage 6mm square drum key
check your messages. I have one.
11 years agoTacton (probably) snare
Tacton seemed to invest a lot of effort into the metal drums, in the 70's and 80's. However , metal drums were very popular in those days. There was a...
11 years agowhy would someone do this?
found this truly awful mutated Trixon/Taiwan/Pearl/whatever kit on ebay. why would someone put so much effort in to make such a bogus, distorted, fak...
11 years agoHow long does it take for Vintage Luan to Cure
One of the reasons that MIJ drums sounded crappy in the 60's , is because they were crappy. There was no intent on the part of the makers to make good...
11 years ago