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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
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5 years agoThe Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Yes, my saintly spousal unit got me a set of No Nuts brand name cymbal toppers this year. They are a California partnership that had a booth at the P...
5 years agoThis is the Display Your Marching Snare Thread
I set out some snare drums for a collector's visit a couple of years ago. I have had to thin them out since then due to lack of space. The marching...
5 years agoHead Recommendations for 1958 WFL "Duco" Snare
I have had good results with the Aquarian vintage series batter heads. I never can remember whether it is Modern vintage or American vintage. I also...
5 years agoCross Sticking on Wooden Hoops
I found two player condition Ludwig Supraphonics at a local pawn shop and put Gibraltar wooden hoops on one of them. I made it into a rock snare and...
5 years ago[B]LATE 1950s *SEIMATONE/BEUSCHER (FRANCE) 6 x 14 NO NAME **SUPER-SENSITIVE (COPY)
Mike, What an interesting drum in very good shape. I am curious about the internal top head snare mechanism. Does the throw off lever just move its...
5 years agoPlaying with calf heads
I use new (Earthtone, Stern Tanning, and Kentville from Australia) and old (with wooden flesh hoops) on jazz drums set and concert snare drums for the...
5 years agoE/drums?
I must confess to having two electronic drum kits (Roland TD-10, TD-20) while I only have one modern acoustic kit. I also have several combinations t...
5 years agoWas Lawrence Welk a "Harmony Pirate"?
Does it have any residue from Champagne bubbles? (sorry, I couldn't help it) You might try contacting the Shrine to Music Museum in South Dakota. I...
5 years agoTake Me To The River
Looks to me like the drums are the Zickos brand. I have some photos of a similar shaped early acrylic/Plexiglas set from California. I don't know an...
5 years agoWTB: JCR Snare Drum, Plus.
I have several of Juan's wonderful cowbells and knew that he made timbale stands and did some custom work, but did not realize that he made snare drum...
5 years agoIt's all in the 'Sticks'...
And who said drummers can't cook?
5 years agoThink you're flexible??
Catherine, No worries. You are absolutely right about drums in any shape. I think some of it has to do with new materials being available for making...
5 years agoThink you're flexible??
I found another example from the wonderful Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix. If I remember correctly these were used in the festivities for...
5 years agoThink you're flexible??
I don't know why anyone makes a big deal of square drums. They have been around since the 1800's and here is an example made by the great Cornelius W...
5 years ago