David... Those Are Great Pictures! Does That Lever Disengage The Main Beater, & Simultaneously Engage The Second One? Would There Be A Lambswool Beater & A Wood One Maybe? ....marko

That is a good question,

The double beater set-up allowed the drummer to have two different sounds. Dead center and off center.

Then the cymbal striker would hit the cymbal mounted to the bass drum hoop.

This pedal allowed the drummer the opportunity to hit the cymbal or not by adding a little right side pressure and then back to straight on.

Up until then the striker and beater worked together...

David

Just checking if the mouseover worked for you on the last two images

David

Just added 6 more pedals at the bottom of the page, including a Ludwig Side Pedal for tight spots... The bass drum would sit on the right of the drummer...

Vintage Bass Drum Pedals

David

Nice! I have one that's exactly like the very last one...that cast iron job. Let's just say that I won't be trading that baby out for my SpeedKing or my DW5000 anytime soon! ;)

I'd love to hook of the cymbal beater. How do you think continuous simultaneous bass drum and crash symbal strokes would sound in pop music? It would be unique for sure.