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Thrift store SONOR kick-Pedal!

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I confess I had to use this a little bit when I had no other pedal, only for a short while, It came from a thrift store with a few other things like vintage Tom legs and a Gibraltar Monster snare stand, they were in the back room while I was loading up a cabinet, the girl who was assisting must have liked me because she sold it to me for a whopping 12 dollars all together!!!

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when I polished it up and asked my drum-dealing friend wether or not to use it for a rockabilly type project or to hang it on my wall and enjoy it's sentimental value for the rest of my life, he strongly advised me of the latter.

so what year might it be?

and what's it actually worth, I couldn't part with it because I LOVE the sheepskin beater!!! (sorry guys)

I can't find anything about it anywhere, other than it's german make.

all I can say is ; I LOVE VALUE VILLAGE!!!!

please enlighten me!

THANKS

-J

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Posted on 14 years ago
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From Dumpster Diver

so what year might it be?

Just glancing around sonormuseum.com, I didn't find a perfect match but the footboard's the same as the 1969 standard pedal. You might be able to find a closer match going through the catalog scans there.

Posted on 14 years ago
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The pedal is a 60s low end one, the beater is the wrong one,look's like the beater is from the 40's...Mikey

Posted on 14 years ago
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From Dumpster Diver

Party I LOVE VALUE VILLAGE!!!! -J

Alright, Value Village...Tucson...?

"Ignorance may be overcome through education. Stupidity, however, is a lifelong endeavor." So, educate me, I don't likes bein' ignant...
"I enjoy restoring 60s Japanese "stencil" drums...I can actually afford them..."I rescue the worst of the old valueless drums for disadvantaged Children and gladly accept donations of parts, pieces and orphans, No cockroaches, please...
http://www.youtube.com/user/karstenboy
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Posted on 14 years ago
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no wayyy! 40's beater? that is RAD!

"If we don't sound good, at least we can still LOOK good!"-J
Posted on 14 years ago
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From Dumpster Diver

no wayyy! 40's beater? that is RAD! and jonni, I'm from Ontario, canaduhh. now that I've spilled that bean, you're not going to kick me out of this forum or something are you? (I'm pretty nervous that something bad will happen to my Canadian bacon, since I've shared that with you, I've been a little reluctant about that here) I got cousins in Miami if that helps my cause? Hurting

....mmm...Canadian bacon....[IMG]http://www.simpsons-crazy.co.uk/photo/Images/Pictures/homerdrool.jpg[/IMG]....

And we have meny revered members of this forum from the Great White North, including the most famous of your drumming bretheren. All the world's a stage on this forum. Americans are not the smartest collectors, just the most arrogant, eh?

"Ignorance may be overcome through education. Stupidity, however, is a lifelong endeavor." So, educate me, I don't likes bein' ignant...
"I enjoy restoring 60s Japanese "stencil" drums...I can actually afford them..."I rescue the worst of the old valueless drums for disadvantaged Children and gladly accept donations of parts, pieces and orphans, No cockroaches, please...
http://www.youtube.com/user/karstenboy
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coffee...16613138379603
Posted on 14 years ago
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no way?

tell him I said HI!

"If we don't sound good, at least we can still LOOK good!"-J
Posted on 14 years ago
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From MIKEY777

The pedal is a 60s low end one, the beater is the wrong one,look's like the beater is from the 40's...Mikey

not sure about that , Mikey. lamb's wool beaters were more popular in the 40's but a lot of full production companies continued to offer them on and on.Trixon, for instance had 6 beaters catalogued by the late 60's----double sided,lamb's wool,felt,cork, wood and the special( common egg shaped one with the felt band around it,that is mostly associated with Trixon).Presumably, Sonor had a similar line because by the late 60's they had fallen well behind Trixon in almost all major markets(England, especially) and were caught in the -----do we make cheaper or do we make better quandry. I'm pretty sure ,that lamb's wool would have been an optional beater in 1969 for Sonor. Any body have catalogues?

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