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Shout out to Matt at CT Pro Percussion

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For those of you that attend the various Vintage Drum Shows you may know him as the guy with the really cool Cigar Wrap drum kit.

For those that are experienced members of this forum you know him as our guru of antique and vintage marchers.

There is much more to Matt . . .

I had a chance to go see Matt at his home this past weekend and experience an artisan at work.

It was an opportunity to see Matt "tucking calf skin drum heads" for one of my snares.

I had never seen this in person and you know what, it was fantastic to watch. He brought a late 1890'ish Duplex back to life along with an early 1900's single head snare by crafting calf skin heads for me.

I really have to say, Matt has a skill and is truly an artist at what he does.

He and I talked for about 2 hours as he worked his skills on the builds. He is a wealth of knowledge about crafting heads as well as drum manufacturer history. It was a great experience for me.

So, if you need any natural skins made, he is the guy !

Thanks again Matt and yes I checked my "to do list" of drums and there are another 8 snares worth of heads that I will be reaching out to you to make for me.

Michael

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No Guru - I just love collecting & learning about vintage drums!

Some of my favorites from the kits in the collection
58 WFL New Yorker Blue Sparkle
67 Ludwig Hollywood Red Psychedelic
69 Ludwig Standard Red Ruby Strata
70's Ludwig BOP "Ringo" Kit

A few of my favorite snares
20's Leedy Black Elite
51 Leedy & Ludwig Knob Tension
58 WFL Buddy Rich Classic Blue Sparkle
63 Walberg & Auge Sea Blue Agave Green Pearl
66 Leedy Shelly Manne Blue Agate Pearl
Posted on 6 years ago
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I met Matt a couple of times at the Chicago show, very nice guy and ya the cigar kit is awesome!


Thank you!
Jeff C

"Enjoy every sandwich" Warren Zevon
Posted on 6 years ago
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I need to get Matt to tuck some calf for my W.J. Dyer snare...He is one of the best!!

Cheers

1976 Ludwig Mach 4 Thermogloss 26-18-14-14sn
1978 Ludwig Stainless 22-22-18-16-14-13-12 c/w 6-8-10-12-13-14-15-16-18-20-22-24 concert toms
1975 Sonor Phonic Centennials Metallic Pewter 22-16-13-12-14sn (D506)
1971 Ludwig Classic Bowling Ball OBP 22-16-14-13
1960's Stewart Peacock Pearl 20-16-12-14sn
1980`s Ludwig Coliseum Piano Black 8x14 snare
1973 Rogers Superten 5x14 & 6.5x14 COS snares
1970`s John Grey Capri Aquamarine Sparkle 5x14 snare
1941 Ludwig & Ludwig Super 8x14 snare
Posted on 6 years ago
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Yep, great guy, and great craftsman. Besides all his custom-builds and his meticulous restorations, he's the "go-to" guy here in CT for anything rope-tensioned. He even lugs a huge mechanical press to all the Fife & Drum musters here in CT to compress and re-rope drums right in the field. I'll be contacting him to tuck some snare heads for me. I bought an old (1890's) single-tensioned snare online without realizing it had a 13.5" diameter. DOH

Here's three snares Matt custom built for me...

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Glad that he's recovered from that huge robbery incident a few years back. Hope he checks in here soon. We haven't seen his work for a while.

Mike

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-No Guru... still learning more every day-
Posted on 6 years ago
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Very cool Michael ! I'd like to see a pic of that cigar wrap drum kit if you can

post one up here ?

Cheers,

Rob

Posted on 6 years ago
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Hey Rob.

Here's a picture from his web site. If you go to Matt's web site ctpropercussion.com he has a bunch loaded there. A really cool kit !

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No Guru - I just love collecting & learning about vintage drums!

Some of my favorites from the kits in the collection
58 WFL New Yorker Blue Sparkle
67 Ludwig Hollywood Red Psychedelic
69 Ludwig Standard Red Ruby Strata
70's Ludwig BOP "Ringo" Kit

A few of my favorite snares
20's Leedy Black Elite
51 Leedy & Ludwig Knob Tension
58 WFL Buddy Rich Classic Blue Sparkle
63 Walberg & Auge Sea Blue Agave Green Pearl
66 Leedy Shelly Manne Blue Agate Pearl
Posted on 6 years ago
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Does Matt still have the cigar band set? Thought he sold it. Anyway was lucky to see it and that lovely Leedy set at a CT show few years back. Nice display. Matt is top shelf for sure. Super nice guy.

Glenn.

Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Posted on 6 years ago
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