Jon,

those are so sweet!Cool1

Can you shoot some pics of the stands? We never see those here..........

thanks

Tak!

Yes, I can put them up one day - I will prefer a day without rain, as pics outside gets so much better.

The hihatstand really is not very good in the action, but the cymbal and snare stand are quite nice, if basic. NOT as glorious as Premiers of the same vintage.

Jon

Few stands are!

When drums like this show up , it makes one wonder why they didn't sell enough of them. They have to be one of the classiest and most beautifully designed drums . They also are fine sounding and tuning drums, finished with quality materials and care yet relegated to the pack of also-rans.

Yes, I have been wondering too.

One reason, I guess, is the smaller companys lack of funds for marketing - and for attracting big names as endorsers.

Another is, that the shells must have been on the verge of becoming old school by 1972 - with their quite flat inner edges and rounded outside - and "vintage" not yet being a buzzword in marketing yet....Maybe the flashy wrap wasn´t enough to convince buyers that they were really up-to-date?

I think John Grey had an aura of "Old Man in a Dance Band" about them, hence the changes in brands, first to Rose-Morris and few years later to Shaftesbury. That probably just left the kits without the provenance Premier, Ludwig, Gretsch, Slingerland and Sonor had.

The quality of the kit is very high, and the fittings very good, the tommount system far superior in adjustability compared to Premier Lokfast and Ludwig.

So....

Jon

very nice. the bass drum t's are sweet

I like looking back at the old pics in our gallery...Here is a beautiful set!!

Cheers

I think that Rose Morris owned the name John Grey.