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John Grey Piccolo Snare Drum
What's on the bottom for a snare head, Dave? I have a few of these floating head drums and have found that ,in order to tune them well, you need to h...
12 years agoDoes this look like light blue pearl?
That's not a too bad looking kit , if everything in the picture is part of the deal. CB had cymbals from several makers. They got worse as they went...
12 years agosonor question
they are far too smooth and pristinely lathed for K's. A's possibly, but I was thinking that since he was a Premier endorser----he might have been usi...
12 years agoRecommend me some cymbals
From Jim...
13 years agosonor question
any guesses on what the cymbals are?
13 years agoAnyone heard of or seen a single head snare???
Wasn't the Sonor Jungle kit snare a single head with snares under the batter. Most British companies(Premier, B&H,Carleton, John Grey at least) offere...
13 years agosonor question
From royal ace...
13 years agosonor question
I see in some Sonor catalogues, that they quote inch sizes( '57-'58) but they are fractional sizes, as in 12 2/3" , 16 1/2"----which clearly indicate...
13 years agoconverting 6 lug snare to 8
It has to be said------this is one of the more bizarre projects, I have ever come across. It rivals the guy I met who was rehammering cymbals, with a...
13 years agoWhat make is this???????
From diamond...
13 years agoWhat make is this???????
They are Japanese from the 70's, almost for sure. Seeing the interior of the shells would clinch that. The wrap is a bit unusual for those but due to...
13 years agosonor question
Unfortunately, the second photograph from the ad is no longer available but it pictured 6 dirndl clad fraulein's,each with a towel and chamois ,carefu...
13 years agocan you identify the snare in this photo?
It also looks like it has a parallel strainer. Those are pretty fine drums.
13 years agoWho makes the most natural hand-hammered cymbals?
It is hard to know what you mean by "natural" and as far as organic----that's an overused term that really doesn't apply to cymbals at all. I am ass...
13 years agoThe Blue Book of Drums
From George Lawrence...
13 years ago