Hi all,
Are anybody seen a "KEN" drumheads or heared anytime about em ?
I've seen twice that heads, but no any info --- I'm sure that these are a european made of end of 50's.
They are calfskin (no any better pic).
Maybe it's a stencil or a trade name only?
George.
had a lot of European drums come my way but have never seen a KEN drumhead, George.
It's not mine --- I also never seen before, Phil.
Such head was fitted on 13" Trowa snare 50's (with NOA lugs --- the same as on you kit from H.C.). Maybe, Ralf will tell us something ?
Cheers,
George.
Must belong to Barbies boy friend... Ken.
It`s possible that the U K before the Ken stands for United Kingdom !i
It's a subtle affirmation, designed to encourage, students of percussion.
as in U ken play better, U ken play better, U ken play better----kind of a mantra. It was designed by a former lecturer in musical psychology, Ken Handler, at the university of El Segundo. Ken had formerly played second fiddle to the domineering, appointed leader of Barbie and the Rocker's, or at least his namesake did,anyway, so he knew first hand(probably second hand as well), what it was like to be a puppet. His first love(in music ,that is) was truely,punk------one of his great inspirations being The New York Dolls and had he been more in control of his own destiny he would have preferred the name of the band to have been Ken and the Deformed. But fate was not on his side and when , it didn't turn out to be as plastic as he would have liked,he eventually turned to helping others. Strange, that he chose to imprint his mantra on calfskin drumheads---- probably , some deepseated lust for a taste of reality, finally.
