Unfortunately, many, or most, of the folks on that employee list are not around anymore. I think folks would be surprised at how small the factory was. Those Covington drums were made in a little country town, during a time that folks took great pride in their work.

I always found it amazing at the creativity that was going on while Joe Thompson was still alive. They were always experimenting with different ideas.

What if they don't have any initials?

Did they all have initials?

These are from an Eagle badge kit I have.

Wayne

Frank Walters son and a few who worked at the Covington factory like Jerry Shields are part of the Rogers Drums USA group on Facebook

very cool to hear their stories

there is a Rogers convention happening in Covington in April ... going to be fantastic

I have an early Rogers celebrity drum set bread and butter lugs I know I know, I still played that kit hard, I'm in line for modern single sided bread and butter if they ever start making them,my drums have fw stamped on the re rings you want American quality and pride these are it ,sorry other companies.

All of the other American companies certainly had some employees who took pride in there work and produced a quality product. In the heat of production things can slip past even the most devoted workers, the B & B lugs being a case in point.

I did not intend to put down the dedication of the employees of the other American drum companies as I do own vintage drum sets from all four , you are very correct and on point on the BBB lugs