KK
I've had my teardrops for a very long time. Never heard much on em. Weren't a US name so they seemed like an uncommon drum. Probly not too many produced.
Now all of a sudden, everyone and their dogs got a 50's, 60s teardrop kit.
What gives. Did some treasure trove of old Sonors get discovered?
Is it all of a sudden fashionable to be playin old teardrops?
I have noticed prices inchin up over the last 6 or 8 months.
KKI've had my teardrops for a very long time. Never heard much on em. Weren't a US name so they seemed like an uncommon drum. Probly not too many produced.Now all of a sudden, everyone and their dogs got a 50's, 60s teardrop kit.What gives. Did some treasure trove of old Sonors get discovered?Is it all of a sudden fashionable to be playin old teardrops?I have noticed prices inchin up over the last 6 or 8 months.
So, do you mean that there's no more...
KKI've had my teardrops for a very long time. Never heard much on em. Weren't a US name so they seemed like an uncommon drum. Probly not too many produced.Now all of a sudden, everyone and their dogs got a 50's, 60s teardrop kit.What gives. Did some treasure trove of old Sonors get discovered?Is it all of a sudden fashionable to be playin old teardrops?I have noticed prices inchin up over the last 6 or 8 months.
Of course, maybe '?' has the answer...
Okay, I'll shut up.
who's slicing onions around here?
Wow Holliwood. Tough crowd here today.
Well, teardops were never really all that rare anyway. Sonor sold a ton of them to jazz drummers in the USA and most of them survived because they are built so darn well!!
What ARE rare are the 1950s Sonor Sets that pre-dated the teardrops. The 1950s sets have a roundish lug, have Pre-international heads, and in the US are REALLY rare because they werent sold here. They are really cool looking besides.
When I was shopping for drums, in the 1960's, I remember seeing Sonor kits settup and on display, in at least two music stores. There wouldn't have been too many shops, either. I did not see any Trixon kits, John Grey,Premier or Ajax------to name a group of drums, that would have been considered, to the North American mind, as in a similar league. All of those had to be looked at in catalogues. I eventually ordered Trixon from a catalogue. This was in Toronto, which at the time, was a much smaller place. It does seem like, Sonor had a more vibrant distrubution , at least in this part of the world. That wasn't the case in England, where Trixon was the largest selling imported drum, probably up until 1968 , at least.
The kits are out there alright. My guess, as to why, they are showing up in any larger quantities, on the aftermarket?
When the economy is slow and money is tight, people try to sell , something of reasonable value, that they have been holding on to. A lot of these kits are either, alternate kits of a drummer, or kits that have been in a family --- a son's/daughters kit, a deceased father's kit. The supply will drop off though.
