Hello everyone,
I just bought this old premier kit. The toms look pretty much like on Jbeat's drum kit pictured in the previous posts. Could anyone help me indentify this kit?
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It appears to be from the early 1990s, as it has the single high tension lugs which appear in the 1990s premier catalogue. Even so I have difficulties identyfing it. The sizes of toms would indicate that this is a projector (12x10 and 13x11) as they are less deep than those of APK kits (12x11 and 13x12). However, there are no reinforcement hoops present. According to the premier catalogue, such hoops were a feature of projector kits. It is not a resonator neither as there is no extra inner layer of wood that would cover the hardware. The toms are not painted inside. I can't see any serial numbers on the drums.
The shells are made of two plies of wood, one dark brown (I suppose it's mahogany) on the outer layer, and lighter coloured wood on the inner layer (Birch? Maple?).
Finally, to add to the confusion, the 12" tom has 6 lugs, which is a feature of Projectors, as the the APK had 5 lugs only. That said, the bass drum has 8 lugs, while the Projectors are meant to have 10 lugs... ouh...
The sizes of drums are:
22x16
12x10
13x11
16x16
I would be greatful for any comments which could help me find out what kit is this.
Many thanks,
Marcin
