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Unique Vintage Sonor Snare ?
[QUOTE=OddBall;170008]Now I don`t know too much about hardware on other than Sonor drums, includeing Tromsa, but If someone tried to sell me these dru...
13 years agoTrixon Drum Cases
From Deano...
13 years agoCopper Hi-Hat Cymbals
Drumaholic is correct. Copper and brass can mimick each other when tarnished. It all depends on what caused the tarnishing. I have one 12" cymbal her...
13 years agoproper torque specs for Gretsch lug screws
On wood shells and even metal shells with compression washers, there is a bit of compression that takes place on first tightening. I always leave the...
13 years agoTrixon Drum Cases
I think I saw those on ebay, about 10 months ago or so? ---pretty sure they are original. I have a set as well, but the Trixon is a sticker. They ar...
13 years agoUnique Vintage Sonor Snare ?
Here's the kit. Not my photos. I have a matching 360mm x 108mm(strangely, exactly 4 1/4") parallel drop snare with brand new coil snares in orange spa...
13 years agoUnique Vintage Sonor Snare ?
From OddBall...
13 years agoNeed help with european vintage drum ID
So. I went through all of the heads and left over hoops, that I have that are oversize. The Trixon hoops are slightly more spreading in the skirt se...
13 years agoCleaning glitter wrap
I have used one called Meguiar's PlastX on the rough 60's sparkle wraps as well as on glossy surfaced wraps. It did a terrific job on the glossy wrap...
13 years agoTrixon Bass Drum
The heads for that model are a production item at Remo but for the other earlier, slightly larger model with the pointed lugs(so-called teardrop) it i...
13 years agoUnique Vintage Sonor Snare ?
Yes, George but Sonor did not make 355mm shells until 1959, and by then the shells were dramatically different ?? Do you know when Trowa switched over...
13 years agoUnique Vintage Sonor Snare ?
The other peculiar thing is. All of the Trowas, I have seen had offset, single end lugs,except some made very late , when the brand morphed into Tacto...
13 years agoUnique Vintage Sonor Snare ?
The Sonor factory, in Weissenfels was expropriated in 1950 by the East German Government. The Link family and presumably a contingent of loyal workers...
13 years agoAmati Snare find
Beautifull, little drum, except for the hoops. At one time , Amati had the lovely furled , incurved hoops. I guess, like so-many other companies, the...
13 years agoUnique Vintage Sonor Snare ?
" I've tentatively identified this snare by the type of hoop used on very old Sonors. " This hoop design was pretty common , in Germany and is st...
13 years ago