A story has it that Gene Krupa gave Baby Dodds some drums (a set???) and it appears to me that Dodds added two WMP Tom Toms to his set after he already had a WMP tube lug Bass drum. Are these supposed to be some of the drums Krupa gave to Dodds? At least one of those added toms (probably both toms were the same single lug style from WFL), the one that is in the position that the earlier China Tom occupied, is a 30s WFL (at least that’s what the badge looks like in the photo I’ve posted). Krupa endorsed Slingerland in the 30s so I find it a little weird that he would give Dodds a WFL WMP Tom Tom. Or did Dodds actually get these drums on his own or as a gift from WFL? Anybody got the scoop on this?
Look on the right hand side of the Tom in the photo below, for what appears to me to be the WFL badge.