http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=23130

Deri was a name derived from the first two letters of the last names of the partners, Max DEibel and Karl RImmel. The company started making drums in the 1930's and by the early post war years were at the head of the pack, of German drum companies. In the late 50's, the company was making hardware for most of the other German companies .

Karl Rimmel moved on to produce drums under his own name and eventually the name Deri, morphed into Rimmel. The name Deri on drums ended sometime around the mid-60's .

Deri produced a range of instruments from entry level to professionsl, with sometimes European Beech and sometimes Birch shells. They are quality drums and remind me a bit of John Grey drums from England. Here is a thread on a snare that I own. Would like to see pictures of yours.

The kit in the thread that agogobil , posted are not Deri. There is a resemblance but only a few pieces of the hardware have much connection to them.That is a kit marketed by the music company Lindberg.

I will post a picture of my drum here soon, I am interested in selling this drum and was wondering what it would be worth?

sorry, here's the post http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=32181&highlight=deri

as far as the value on such a drum?? it depends on the condition . know one could advise without seeing it. if you were in North America, it wouldn't garner much interest, some, if it was in good shape, standard 14" or 13" size and a professional drum but no one knows them here, so they tend to be viewed with suspicion. in Europe and especially , Germany there could be considerable interest.

Show us your pics - it will be interesting. And when this Deri travelled to Dayton.

Phil, it's can be very strange, but on my observations - not such a lot of germans love german drums and old ones too.

George.

that is somewhat the case, George.

there is a healthy interest in Germany for Sonor and Trixon but the others seem to have gotten lost in the mists of Rhine. it is growing though. there is supposedly a book about Deri/Rimmel in the works. one of the problems is that a number of the companies had some sort of aversion to badging their drums, likely because their was the business practice of producing wholesale lots for music distributors etc. now, unless you are experienced a little, it is hard for one to know what they exactly are.

after a number of years dealing with these drums, I am seeing more interest, in their native country.

East German products were completely disregarded, ----literally thrown on the rubbish heap for many years but now the interest is coming back. There is the realization that even though the planned economy and controlled society left a non-functional country, that the people of the country that built stuff, were just as clever and capable as anyone else----and in the case of musical instruments, the D.R.G. was a locus of tradition and skill and they produced a lot of great products. There is growing collectability happening.

Yes, Phil, but partly only... and such slowly... And if east citizens sadly reminisce, and west guys says: --- what's the crap?

You can watch Trommelfabrik VEB TROWA Weißenfels today...

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Here are a few pictures of the drum i have, if anyone could tell me if this drum is worth anything that would be great. well for some reason i cannot upload the picture, so if you email me at [email]chrjlsmith681@yahoo.com[/email] i would be more then happy to send you some pictures of the drum. It is gold sparkle and has all of its original parts. I hope to hear from you soon.

It's simply - when you create your message you have to click the button "Manage Attachments" below the text.