Definately one of mine too !!

Technically you could put the BD with pedal and clapper from 1906 Sonor add a snare and call it !!

I like to refere to drum kits as have`n a FT. The party kits are an era of their own to me !!

Then there`s the Island kits made at home and they knew what they were doing !! At what point do you call a row of bongo`s a kit ?

Are we still talking about a set that still exists ??

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my 1921 leedy black elite and bd with trap hihat and crash

Here's the top kit from the 1922 Ludwig catalog

Those are great drums Jaghog. That era may never come again !!

If you guys want a good read check out the history of the drum set in 2 parts that was in M/D mag. If i recall right it came out in the mid to late 1980's....Mikey

Well WFL senior invented the proper speed king in 1909 so he must have added that to the "drum set"(trap set) which I thought was around since the 1890's but a drum set with tunable toms was not available as far as I know until 1936 when slingerland made them on special request for Gene Krupa. Everyone started making full sets after that....

Nice! That's exactly what we're talking about: an [COLOR="Red"]EXISTING[/COLOR] drum set. Now, does anybody know which is the oldest drum set [COLOR="Red"]IN EXISTENCE[/COLOR]?

There are pictures of Sonny Greer, with Duke Ellington, c. 1930 ,with a 5 piece Leedy kit; tunable toms-----floor tom included. He was playing a 3 piece with a mounted tom in the early 20's, with the Washingtonions.