Not bad, but I prefer my 'bop' set made a few years later... all international sizes: 18x12/12x8/14x14/ 14x4. Ron

http://www.classicvintagedrums.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=93&products_id=566

Now THAT is a mind blower.........

incredible finish in incredible sizes!Yes Sir

Hey JR...What's happenin? Yes, that is a very cool set, and I'm not a big fan of Premier drums by any means. I would love to have those.

Well, they sold for 750 bucks - sounds like a good price for a lucky collector!

nice kit royal thats another sweet kit lefty

not Super Zyns ,though. the Zyns were a Nickel Silver alloy and came in two profiles---the ones pictured and ones that look more like a Chinese hat. They were spun from sheet material in several weights and trip hammered in anywhere from 6 to 13 rows of fairly evenly spaced dents.

the Super Zyns were Bronze,of a standard(Zildjianesque) profile and probably made from cast blanks .the earlier ones appear to be hand hammered and the later ones appear to be a combination of hand and trip hammering. they can be exceptional. i have a combination of the about 20 of the 3 types and they all sound extremely different. There is no family resemblance.

extremely beautifull drums nonetheless. i remember looking at them in catalogues in the 60's. i was playing Trixon at the time but always had an eye on something else.drums as well. Autocrat were another remarkably beautiful drum at the same time and Ajax and Carlton. the thing about the English drums was the attention to detail. it is called old world craftsmanship. i still buy parts and sometimes complete English drums and there is hardly ever a piece of bad chrome. if you look at the chrome on this kit; it doesn't shine, it gleams. the British drums always did that. an actual chrome coat is usually very thin and can be applied over the nickel in as little as two minutes. it can easily be polished away. i think the British put on thicker chrome , so that they could polish it to a mirror finish.you could shave in some of the chrome --and of course ALL of the British top line drums and even most of the second line drums came out of the factory with cast hoops. remarkable , really, given the quality of some of the stuff that was out there. most of the Japanese chrome had grinding marks in it.

Love those drums. Premier used to have some fantastic wraps and the quality of the workmanship was sublime.