Today I am going to touch a topic that I get many questions about and that is Rogers timbales stands. Rogers timbales stands are impossible to find and companies that reproduce Rogers part are not making them and if you find a stand the price is through the roof . Recently a stand showed up on e-bay and it went for $450.00. For those of you that are looking for a stand here I am going to give you a fix at a fraction of the money without drilling extra holes on the drums
1) you will need to buy Rogers-Swiv-o-matic-retro-cover-plate this is found on e-bay most of the times or many large drum shops.
2) A Gretsch diamond Plate mount.
3) You are going to take Gretsch plate and grind off rib bits off the mount and take mount clip off plate.
4) You then are going to center the clip you took off the Gretsch plate on the Rogers plate and drill two holes to fit the clip.
5) Once you have centered and drilled two holes replace clip on the Rogers plate with two screws and you new plate is done.
6) Replace the mounting plate you currently have on your Roger with new plate you just made and use it with any Ludwig tom tom Mount stand.
THIS APPLIES TO ROGERS TIMBALES MADE 1959-1968 ONLY I WILL POST ALSO FOR 70'S SPRING MOUNT ALSO
Here you also have photo so you have an idea of what it should look like as you do work.
Photo 1) Gretsch mounting plate
Photo 2) Rogers cover plate
Photo 3) After drilling and mounting clip to plate
Photo 4) Replace mounting plate with new one you just made and you are ready to use your timbales on any Ludwig stand.