Hy Guys
just got that nice kit! I don´t know what it is by now. Could not find anything on the net! I am more or less sure its some german stuff....but you never know?
The lugs are made out some kind of plastic.
Maybe some of you can help me figure out what it is?
THXS for every help!!!
It sounds class:-) thats for sure:-)
Not positive. Trowa or Tromsa, Eastern European?
Possibly.
scott
Hello Christian,
bass drum and rack tom are either Tromsa or Rimmel (of former Western Germany).
Floor tom: lugs look strange to me.
Ralf
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HY Ralf;-)
hows things? I pmd you back:-)
regards
Christian
Hey Chris :)
I think what you have there is a restored Trowa or Tromsa kit, but without the original lugs - those were probably changed with whatever fitted the spacing. Just my two cents :)
Alex
They look like my "Roxy" kit which is actually Tromsa
Again, Christian; you have a Deri kit. These are very nice drums , made around 1960 or so. The shells should be either birch with beech re-rings or possibly beech. They seemed to use both and I don't know when or why.
HY calfskin
cool thxs! Yes they sound great;-)
regards
Christian
Yes. Deri and the partner brand, Rimmel were usually excellent sounding drums.
Like most companies ( Trixon, Asba , possibly Meazzi , Noble & Cooley and a few others being exceptions), they made a range of models , entry to pro.
The 8 and 10 lug drums are first rate. They were pretty much hand made.
Here's a side detail: It is hard to tell exactly but the now classic, perfectly simple and elegant L-Arm , that virtually every drum company eventually adopted( even the American companies, were forced to abandon the ridiculous Rube Goldberg contraptions , that they mounted toms with), was most likely invented by Deri.....at least , the oldest version of that design, completely perfect in form and function , that I have seen, goes back to a Deri kit from around 1948 or so. Deri was known to be making drums in the 30's.
