Seems to ring a bell as a Japanese stencil name....

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I hit on the name here Japanese Drum Names

Raven appears in this list.. this fellow might have some better info on them.

Pearl and Tama 60's distributors and stencil brands:

Apollo

Artist

Asama

Bolero

Barclay

BlacKJack Deluxe

Bradley

CB-700

Champion

Coronet

Crest

Crestline

Crown

Decca

DelRay

Dixie

Dixon

Drum Trio

DrumMate

Edgeware

Emperado

Gamble

Goldtone

Heit

HyLo

Ideal

Kingston

LaBoz

Lido

Lyra

Magnum

Majestic

Matador

Maxitone

Maxwin

Mayfair

Mica Norma

Olympian

Paramount

Polaris

Prestige

Raven

Recco

Pro

Regent

Revelle

Revere

Roxy ? (may be German)

RoyalStar

Penncrest

Saturn

Sound

Star

Starlight

Stewart

St. George

Stetson

Telestar

Tempro

Toreador

Truetone

Trump

UltraTone

U.S. Mercury

Vibra

Weltron

Werco

Westwood

Whitehall

Winston

ZimGar

g'day from the land downunder,

i have just aquired a set of roxy drums... they are on the list and say they might be from germany... they definately are as the badge reads:

"roxy

hamburg

made in west germany"

therefore these can't be a branch of pearl or tama - american companies... sonor maybe??

has anyone got any onfo on roxy drums... they have been passed down from my late grandfather.. my mum believes that he bought them when living in germany around 1948... that ages this kit at 60 years.. can anyone please confirm or deny this assumption...

the kit was originally a 7 piece:

14x5 snare, 12x8 tom, 21x13 bass (interesting dimensions), 6.5x6, 8x7 & 10x8 concert toms (no bottom head), and a timpani style kettle drum (floor drum equivalent)... i have all the drums except the kettle. my mum swears there was this kettle style, foot pedal tone adjustable, drum where the floor tom should be.. no-one in the family knows where this drum is... we will keep looking as this will really make the kit a ripper..

i have replaced all the hardware as it came with random bits and bobs from other kits...

i have replaced the drumheads, except the 6.5" concert and the 21" bass head. these are getting custom made thru remo...

i have got some 70's era zildjian a's coming thru ebay... i will post photos when complete...

anone feel free to offer advice or knowledge as i am short of both...

cheers,

wesgart.

perth, australia.

[COLOR="DarkRed"]I believe Roxy's started out an independent company...I have heard of the German attribution.

I believe they eventually sold the name to Pearl Japan and it became yet another stencil brand.

Kent...you know, the American Kent...also eventually became a Japanese stencil brand...first they stopped making their own shells and purchased them from Pearl, assembled 'em in NY still...then eventually they just stopped producing altogether and the name lived on for a few more years as a stencil brand for Pearl.

Aaaah, so I guess it wasn't all that uncommon for small drum companies to do that.

I am guessing that is what happened to Roxy...because I have certainly seen Roxies which were clearly Japanese '60's-70's.

Educated guess says yours are early-mid '60's...

Can you post some pics ? I would be interested in seeing the original W. German-made drums....[/COLOR]

I've heard of Raven Drums. I have had him do some work for me. He's located in Florida. Great guy!

http://www.myspace.com/goravendrums

[COLOR="DarkRed"]I think we are talking about 2 different Ravens here....flower[/COLOR]

Hi, My first drums in the 60's were Raven. It's not likely what your looking for but try this: [email]ravencustomdrums@aol.com[/email]

Dan Von Gartzen, Oviedo, FloridaYes Sir

Yes I think we are for sure.....

"and the raven said, never more." -Edgar Allen Poe........or something to that effect....LOL!

I have a set of Raven drums late 60's !!!! I posted them on the gallery... They were made in Japan !!!!