Ekkehard is a very fine person and your best source ,in Europe. His focus is on Tromsa and he knows those drums better than anybody. Gerd, too---he occasionally has the odd part.
*A few tips. Tromsa, became heavily affected by the thousands of cheap oriental drums, flooding the market. Unlike Trixon , who did not make entry level , or even mid-level drums; Tromsa continued to survive, partly by producing several lines of drums , right up until the end, eventually shutting down like so many companies, during reunification. Most of their sales, increasingly became mid-level drums and although they produced professional grade products, mostly they are known for entry and mid-level.
Some of their hardware is triple chromed and some is chrome on steel. I see some evidence, that they used triple chroming on the premium parts and direct chroming on the cheaper parts but the two parts when in good shape , look pretty much the same.
The older premium hoops were heavier and the chrome stands up. The cheaper stuff was lighter and often the chrome pits and peels , quickly.
Tromsa hoops are almost identical to Slingerland sticksavers----so those, can substitute admirably and usually ( not always) are better hoops.
Tromsa t-rods , usually have a very common 12-24 thread( I have seen another size on a Parade drum badged King's----Concorde's partner drum), so rods of other drum brands can be substituted.
