Walburg and Auge was some bulletproof stuff man!! They were very involved with Ludwig, Rogers and Gretsch, as W&A made LOTS of the hardware for those companies.
One of my personal favorite snare stands is the W&A Buck Rogers. There were a few different models of this stand, but they all were just slightly cosmetically different for whatever company they were produced for. If you've seen a Ludwig Atlas or Hercules snare stand, that design was a direct copy pretty much, the Buck rogers was just slightly lighter weight.
To this day I STILL use Ludwig's 1400 series cymbal stands, I prefer them to ANY other stand even made today. At one time I had those heavy Atlas and Hercules stands, and I can't justify the added weight as I don't ever have a problem with the smaller 1400's!!
My Hi-Hat stand of choice is the Ludwig Big Beat, (pictured in a post above) and it's my go to Hi-Hat I've got 5 of them so I'll never be without one!! I might occasionally use the slightly smaller Ludwig 1123-1 Hi-Hat stand (commonly called a "Spurlock", although all Ludwig Hi-Hats from that era had the Spurlock feature)
I still use an old STYLE strap drive pedal, but it's a NEW one from DW, the 5000 Strap Drive. It's simply an upgraded version of the old Camco, Gretsch Floating Action, and the Slingerland Tempo King. Slingerland made their own design, but it was a close copy of the others and pretty much plays the same. I use the NEW version that DW makes because it's just a stable version of the old action. The bearings in the heel plate, and the flat red plate under the pedal just make a great playing pedal even MORE responsive as it's not wasting your motion with sloppy sleeve style bearings that wear and flop around. Other than some improvements like that it's essentially the SAME pedal, most parts can be exchanged out between the new and old ones.
Added some pictures so you'll know what I'm talkin' about:
The Buck Rogers: 1400 Stand: 1123-1 Hi-Hat: New Strap Drive DW
