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G'day from New Zealand

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Hi

I came across this site via a search I made looking for information about a couple of old Ludwig bass drums that I own.

I recently restored them both to their as new condition as far as I could, given the usual wear on hoops, skins, etc.

The first is a Leedy and ludwig (I think) 27 inch which I recently sold to defray costs. The second is a 24 inch Ludwig. Both shells are of Mahogany with maple hoops.

The tension rods are independent, nickel plated. I found a sticker inside the shell of both drums. The 24 inch drum is a Ludwig & Ludwig Aero Kraft with the makers signature SCY ? and date 6 11 30.

The 27 inch drum had a Super Tone label with the name of an Auckland, New Zealand distributor the date on that one is 1935.

There are images of both drums on my music blog http://harmensmusicblog.blogspot.com/

I'd be interested in your thoughts.

Cheers

Posted on 13 years ago
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G'day. Welcome. I just got a book a few weeks back on the Ludwig drums and the company. It was very cool and talked a lot about some of the drums you have. I would suggest it for your collection. I got mine on eBay.

Sean

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Posted on 13 years ago
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welcome to the forum,sounds like you had single tension models.Rob Cooks ludwig book is a great read and good reference,Ludwig marketed the aerocraft shells as being Hi tech,one of the managers was a pilot in WW one,and he took a bunch of shells up in a plane and dropped them,he knew that they would catch air and have good chance of surviving,which they did.

Posted on 13 years ago
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Hi

Thanks for your messages re the vintage Ludwig drums in my collection.

I've just been gifted a very old bass drum pedal from around the same era (or perhaps even earlier) See images at http://harmensmusicblog.blogspot.com/. Interesting how these things get magnetised to each other over time.

It is a Fraser Patented pedal with what looks like a Ludwig style foot plate. It's quite repairable so I should get the job done over the next couple of months. I'll be interested to see how it performs. I currently have a vintage Japanese copy of a speed king style pedal (unbranded) on my bass drum set up which I recently refurbished with new bearings and a rebuilt base plate which now works like new.

Most recently I found an old 1980's Meinl 16 inch, medium crash cymbal on our local Trade Me website for a bargain price. It took a polish and it's back to like new, it plays and sounds really nicely, a nice dark, glassy crash / ride.

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/images/smilies/band.gif

Posted on 13 years ago
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