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Premier badge grommets

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Anyone know a source for replacement grommets to reattach Premier badges?

Lee

Posted on 12 years ago
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Occasionally they're on E bay.

This is going to hack off the vintage crowd, but one suggestion given was to actually drill for a large vent on the part of the drum facing the drummer and use a bolt and nut to secure the badge on the side that faces the audience.

Otherwise, that's a tough item to find...

Edit: I suppose you could stick the badges on with double-side tape and wait around until you find the small, small grommets. Like I said- they do turn up on e bay on occasion...

Yeah- I'm THAT guy!!!

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Posted on 12 years ago
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From Lee H

Anyone know a source for replacement grommets to reattach Premier badges?Lee

Hi Lee, I think i still have some in stock..I will have to check to see..Mikey

Posted on 12 years ago
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Thanks mikey777. I appreciate that.

Lee

Posted on 12 years ago
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Greetings. I have a set of early 70's Olympics in aquamarine sparkle that I have been considering recovering (at least the kick drum) and have the same problem.

I have a thought that would probably work but have not tried it. I would get a piece of aluminum tube stock (Olympics have an aluminum grommet as opposed to a brass) that is the same diameter and thickness as the Premier grommets. I would cut them quite a bit longer than necessary and then use a grommet tool to set the exterior flange.

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=20917&highlight=Grommet+tool

The exterior flange on the Premier grommets is not rolled over like most US grommets. Instead, it is a very gentle flange (at least on the Olympics) which should be easily created with the grommet tool. Once the exterior flange is set, I would cut the grommet tube to length as I am assuming the interior end may have been damaged in the first step. Then I would inseert the grommet, reverse the tool and set the interior flange.

Again, I have no idea how well this would work, but it seems reasonable. Finding the correct size tubing would be the hard part.

Another thought is using a plumbing "******" as the exterior flange of those is almost identical to the Premier grommet. The only concern there is a.) they are brass and b.) in imperial sizes they may be a bit too small.

On the other hand, if Mikey has the correct grommets, I would purchase a few myself. :-)

tnsquint
Very proud owner of a new Blaemire Snare 6.5 x 14 made by Jerry Jenkins "Drumjinx"
Posted on 12 years ago
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Two notes regarding my above post:

1.) that would be a "plumbing. N I P P L E"

2.) I did contact Premier directly and they no longer have any of that stock.

tnsquint
Very proud owner of a new Blaemire Snare 6.5 x 14 made by Jerry Jenkins "Drumjinx"
Posted on 12 years ago
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This is an old thread but I am desperately looking for a 70’s Premier badge grommet, I only need 1. Can someone help me?

Posted on 4 years ago
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Posted on 4 years ago
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From delboydrums

I contacted them before posting here, he didn’t have any Premier grommets in stock, he referred me to a drum shop in Germany but they don’t have it either.

Posted on 4 years ago
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That may have been Gerd at SW Drums (who are superb).

UK vintage traders may be your best bet?

In recent years I would've suggested Nick Hopkin, but he recently ceased trading. I used to get mine from Classic Drums, but sadly Len Howe passed away over a year ago.

You could try Tristan at Drumattic:

https://www.drum-attic.co.uk/

or Rusty Drums:

http://www.rustydrums.co.uk/

or Jo Cox:

http://www.joecoxdrums.com/

or Orange Tag:

https://www.orangetag.co.uk/

Failing that, there seem to be a few brass grommets for sale on eBay

Posted on 4 years ago
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