Wow, that's huge! I have a 15 X 8 Slingerland Concert King, but this is... big!

Yeah, seen the field drums used before, but this thing was not meant for parade stuff.

So, even with the missing bits, it's around $200.00? (based on what I assume to be a starting bid of 150.00 Euro).

Not that bad considering you could nearly take a bath in that thing! DOH

Fishwaltz,

That thing is indeed enormous.

I'm not planning to bid on it, enough projects going on I'm afraid.

What I found out already is that Asba is French and that they made very few copper drum-kits so this could be a rare beast.

Here's more: http://www.asbadrums.com/drums/yannroyer.htm

"a rubber sleeve as bearing edge" I wonder how that sounds,... ?

ASBA may not have made many drums in copper, but they made many in steel, and they also use these plastic sleeves as bearing edges.

It is a PVC-like plastic, pretty hard but also oily. Like the PVC used for buckets and the like.

Sounds OK, and heads glides nicely over them, so they are easy to tune.

Jon

Yeah, I'd heard of ASBA before, although they are quite rare on this coast. An acquaintance of mine had one of the stainless steel ASBA kits. Loud as hell! He'd been stationed in Belgium in the 70's (Army) and picked it up new (and cheap according to him).

He didn't mention the PVC type bearing edge, but I have seen that before on new-ish MIC (made in China) snare drums. I'm not sure how that works on them, not well I would imagine since the material does not look to be the same.

I think I remember someone telling me ASBA had gone out of business some time back.

Still, that drum would be a real monster.

As you know, Asba made a great Kick Pedal. Keltner used them.

I had one. I have one now.

Also, the Asba/Capelle Hi Hat Stand became Orange then Pro mark.

Never seen an Asba drum. All French.

Their pedals were the finest quality of the time.

My Asba Hi hat is still working fine. On my kit now.

I would like to see some of their drums.(copper kettle)

SA

The drum appears to be out of round,...the gasket is rippleing and it shouldn`t if the drum were in round !!

Just my thought !!

Not necessarily - there´s just shorter on the inside than on the outside.....

Jon

Would that not apply to the gasket ?

I`ve put many gaskets on round things and if something is out of round, the gasket disforms. That one has no flanges and shpould go on without releases or ripples !! Unless it`s out of round.

Without isolation from the Copper,..other metals will promote electrolisis !!