Drum kits were just taking off in the fifties and HH`s were just introduced over the low boy and pedal attachments, Was K Zildjian making matched pairs for the HH stands ? Was there a time when K Zildjian artists did not put signature under the bell ? Did K Zildjian make a heavy for the bottom and lighter for the top or the same weights ?

What do you mean that drum kits were just taking off in the fifties? You are off by 40 years or so. Low boys were from the 20s and before. By the 30's set drummers were using hi hat stands similar in concept to those in use today.

What do you mean that drum kits were just taking off in the fifties? You are off by 40 years or so. Low boys were from the 20s and before. By the 30's set drummers were using hi hat stands similar in concept to those in use today.

Notice I didn`t say .."not around " There were many drum sets in the Fourties and Thirties, but the idea of drum kits ,although not new, didn`t really "TAKE-OFF" until after the war. Yes the HH was introduced in the early thirties, but bands like today were just taking off, not the norm.

This is quite different than what you said in your earlier post. If you are implying that kit sales increased significantly in the 1950's as a result of a better economy, the introduction of Rock 'n Roll, and other factors, I would agree. However what you said originally was [COLOR="Red"]"Drum kits were just taking off in the fifties and HH`s were just introduced over the low boy and pedal attachments, " [/COLOR] Virtually every band had a set drummer in the twenties, thirty's and forties and practically every set drummer used an early equivalent of a modern hi-hat stand from the mid-thirties on. From that period through to the late fortes, drummers often kept time on their hats before the introduction of ride cymbals. The low boy was an invention from the mid 1920's. and were no longer in use by the mid thirties.

This is quite different than what you said in your earlier post. If you are implying that kit sales increased significantly in the 1950's as a result of a better economy, the introduction of Rock 'n Roll, and other factors, I would agree. However what you said originally was [COLOR="Red"]"Drum kits were just taking off in the fifties and HH`s were just introduced over the low boy and pedal attachments, " [/COLOR] Virtually every band had a set drummer in the twenties, thirty's and forties and most set drummers used an early equivalent of a modern hi-hat stand from the mid-thirties on. I've seen pictures of "modern" hi hat stands from the late twenties. I'm not sure when they were actually introduced. From the mid-late thirties to the mid-late forties, drummers often kept time on their hats before the introduction of ride cymbals. The low boy was an invention from the mid 1920's. and were no longer in general use by the mid-late thirties. Note: This is a general description of the time line. I could be off by a few years.