Not if he does it right.. Business name renewal is par for the course..

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Certainly adds yet another twist to the Drouyn tale; but Yamaha did the same thing to Rogers and that's just business. If the name is not being currently paid for; it's up for grabs. I don't have an exceedingly high opinion of the management of the latter period of the Drouyn legacy myself; so I declare myself "on the fence" on this matter. The family had the chance to keep the brand. Proof is in the drums they make, imho.

Yes, business is business.... but there is also the right thing to do. The drums are nothing like Drouyn. Why not just do the hard work yourself and build a business. Not steal a legacy to sell your own drums.

Drouyn used to make everything in house. Down to soldering their own snare wires. That is what they were known for. There is nothing wrong with Keller shells, I use them and they are great. The issue I have is with stealing the name

Have you actually looked at what they are selling? Not just Keller. The prestige drums look like Metro drums. Not average kits, if they can be delivered. Why not wait and see what happens before making a snap judgement? "Stealing" - not quite. Purchased, I believe.

A similar thing happened to Trixon and Lefima. In Trixon's case, a company arose in the U.S. , bearing the name Trixon U.S.A.( it was apparently a former Trixon distributor),badging offshore drums , using the former Trixon owner's name in marketing and the well recognized Trixon logo. The drums have little to do with Trixon but there is no formal objection. The Trixon name is still held by a family in Germany.

In the case of Lefima, the original factory continued in production, in East Germany , after the company relocated to West Germany. They branded the drums Lefima Original; which was in many ways true but the drums were actually made using parts , mostly off the shelf from Trowa.

It is good that the name Drouyn ,is being kept alive but since the original drums seemed to have a uniqueness to them, in the choice of wood, in construction details and in reputation and sound , it would be nice ,if the current incarnation paid homage to those features, instead of reinventing a concept, around a name. The name really isn't enough, is it? There was an intent to the originals, which needs to be preserved. I think ,using off the shelf shells, is a bad start; the drums are clearly Drouyn in name only. Perhaps the ones crafted out of native hardwoods , will carry the day and show some of the original intent.They should get rid of the paint by numbers drums.