Wow, gotta wonder how many and what shows that kit was on.Cool.
Yes, the woman who sold me the kit, bought them at an auction in Vancouver back the the late 70's. She toured around BC with the kit for a number of years, and added a couple of Tama Superstar toms (12" & 18") with a natural wood finish in the early 80's to compliment the 20", 16" and 13" WFL shells. She also purchased a new 6.5" x 14" Ludwig Black Beauty Supersensitive snare in 1977. It was a great purchase, as I love all the parts. I wish she had purchased the matching bass drum for those Tama toms. They are beautiful drums, looks like maple interior/exterior ply's, thin shells, sound very nice and I will not be using them with the WFL shells.
Back to CBC Radio Canada and the shows that these drums were used on. Back in those days, she told me that CBC recorded programs live and thus had many instruments to accommodate whatever the show required. She did not know much more than that, but the 13" tom has a sticker that reads: CBC Radio Canada (then a serial number). Probably to keep track of there inventory? In any event the old tubs have a maple exterior with a walnut stain, a mahogany interior, 3 ply's with re-rings and do sound fabulous, even with older heads. : ))
I would post some pics, but mine are too large for this site, and it's a pain in the butt to re-size.
Cheers,
Barry
