Sakae 'Rhythm King' snare drum (pre-Yamaha)

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Hi,

Think you might find this strange snare drum interesting as well, so I'll share it with you:

http://cgi.ebay.de/SNARE-SAKAE-Drum-Trommel-diecast-60ties-Schlagzeug-/300502329189?pt=Drums_Percussion&hash=item45f755a765

Seller states that it was made by the predecessors of Yamaha, called Sakae.

Ralf

Vintage STAR (= Pre-Tama) website: www.star-drums.de

Posted on 13 years ago

SkyDog75

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Looking at Sakae's web site, it appears they've done some sort of production work for Yamaha starting in the '60s. Yamaha has been around a whole lot longer than that, although I don't know offhand exactly when they started making drums.

Posted on 13 years ago

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Yamaha first began selling drums branded as Yamaha in 1967.

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Posted on 13 years ago

cn679

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Hey! That strainer is exactly like the one on my early/late Stewart! Looks like a half Pearl drum. Hmmmm

Posted on 13 years ago

Retrosonic

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Yea, but look at the rims...die cast, like Gretsch...really nice!!! I'll bet after some bearing edge work, that drum will sing again!!

Posted on 13 years ago

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