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Question re: gold-plated hardware
One of the things that makes gold so universally used in high end switches, contacts , gem settings,chains, neclaces, earrings and general bling is...
12 years agosonor question
actually, I buffed the bearing edge a little to brighten the contrast a little, so I could see the line better. At one point, the grain of the wood in...
12 years agosonor question
Here is about the best I could do with the current camera. There is a distinct seam down the Centre of the shell. I would say the shell is solid but i...
12 years agoRoxy Gold Sparkle parallel strainer snaredrum
yes and no. I still haven't solved the camera interface problem . the ones I have posted are done with a blackberry, so there are limitations. Trying...
12 years agoNice Little Premier Kit 4 Sale
The cymbal on the left( at least a 22--maybe a 24) is probably an Ajax. That could be a very nice cymbal. The hats look like Zyns and the sizzle on th...
12 years agoSonor drum keys on parade
I purchased a box of N.O.S. German drum parts about a year ago. All stuff from the 50's and earlier.Some of it was in a bag labelled Sonor and inside...
12 years agoRoxy Gold Sparkle parallel strainer snaredrum
my pleasure . i just became camera capable. i might over do it.---- the Germans very much favoured the single end lug design, as did the Brits to so...
12 years agoR.S. Williams snare drum.
thanks; i didn't really know what i had for a while. it was absolutely filthy.-kind of cool that it is a Toronto drum. i hope to have heads on it soon...
12 years agoSonor drum keys on parade
will do Rod. I also have a few of a smaller, but physically identical key that came with it, which are for a slightly oversize square head. i've not...
12 years agoItalian cymbals .vs. Turkish & Chinese...
UFIP was responsible for an almost unbelievable number of cymbal brands and although Tosco was owned by two individuals associated with UFIP or former...
12 years agoRoxy Gold Sparkle parallel strainer snaredrum
This one is part of a 5 piece kit from 1959. It is the high end snare for its time made in the Tromsa factory, badged Roxy for Rudolf Linnek's export...
12 years agosonor question
For most of the circumference of the drumshell there looks to be a distinct seam down the middle of the bearing edge. The wood is quite dirty and und...
12 years agoR.S. Williams snare drum.
This 15 x 6 snaredrum was hanging from the rafters of a junkshop in Toronto. That's where it was likely made, around 1920, although Williams was a job...
12 years agoSonor drum keys on parade
Here are a group of Sonor keys. The two big ones are from parade drums, I think. The triangular one is from W.W. 2 era marching drums that were simply...
12 years agoOlympic Snare info please..
If the throwoff mounting holes are 2 1/4" centres, then this likely is the throwoff. Premier used these for a long time on a lot of their entry level...
12 years ago