Did I at least get the time frame right ? I thought the yellow fiberglass was the early stuff from late 60's. Whoops !!
OB!
The drum shown is not fiberglass ... it's a maple shell .. so .. it could either be a Corder made drum which would date it at 1979 on .. or .. a Fibes Austin which would date in from 1994. ORIGINAL Fibes/fiberglass shells were not yellow really, but rather a brownish/tan with a fiberglass "weave" in their natural state. Fibes snare drum shells are spun and were a green color. After Bob Grauso SOLD Fibes to the CFMartin company in 1970, they started painting the interiors BLACK to make them a bit more appealing aesthetically. I'll attach a couple pics of my 1967/68 Fibes built by Bob Grauso, and of my 1972 Fibes/CFMartin with the black interior. The bass drum interior is how they all looked back in the 60's .. and again .. snare drum shells were spun rather than hand laid up, and had a greenish color to the fiberglass. I think the drum he has here is a Fibes Austin, and that would date it from 1994. But again, it "could be" Corder too! I'm thinking Fibes Austin though, as there were quite a few of those out there, and mostly in wood. Certainly more than Corders, but it could be Corder too as the lugs are flat and there aren't any gaskets, which Fibes Austin used for a while.
Tommyp
