That was yesterday.
I'm sorry but I know style trumping substance when I see it. There is no evidence this is even a Sonor drum. It may be Sonor derived but if catalogue evidence can be shown to prove it , then I'll buy it as a Sonor. From the differences in lug measurements to the construction of the shell, the drum says more likely Trowa . If someone wants to call a drum made in a factory owned and operated by different owners,managers and called a different name , by the previous owners name , then you might as well call Leedy Ludwigs, just Leedy then, or how about calling Kent drums , Gretsch?
That's a good drum restoration, no better nor worse than many others but the way the whole schtick is packaged is designed as a wankfest for the restorer and much less to pay homage to the makers of the drum but then that is the modus operandi of this restorer. It is much more appropriate to pay homage and honour the original drummaker's art ,not fabricate history and turn the restoration of an old drum into some ego tripping drum sideshow.
We're talking about a guy who stamps his logo across the pages of catalogues, as though they are his property. What's his point ? If someone scans a page of a 1950 Sonor catalogue, designed and published by Johs. Link, they are violating his intellectual property rights, or some perverse notion? That's the same kind of thinking that is being used by BIG Gene-Mod. companies , in their claim for gene ownership. Find it, then stamp your name all over it. Whew!!
