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Database of Articles 11/13 to current

Lawrence Drums/Famous Drums

March 31, 2025 George Lawrence

My second George’s Drum Shop was located in Copley Ohio starting in 2002 then moved to Cuyahoga Falls Ohio in 2006. I made and sold a lot of drum sets and snare drums during those years.

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Lawrence Drums - Only three sets made

February 28, 2022 George Lawrence
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Before Joe Partridge and I started the Famous Drum brand (“You must have heard of us - we’re Famous!”), I built three sets of custom painted drums for a catalog of what was to be the “Lawrence Drum Company” and had some great pics made of the shells. This was in the early mid 2000s when I was building drums at George’s Drum Shop. I abandoned the Lawrence badge name in favor of Famous, but these drums were never badged.

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Famous Steam Bent Single Ply Shells and Builds

July 5, 2020 George Lawrence
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These steam bent single ply shells are built by Evan Thomas. They are used in our LaScala and other models. They are also for sale to drum builders as raw shells with or without drilling and cutting of edges, hardware holes and snare beds. They are built in the one ply tradition of Slingerland Radio Kings and other modern high end one ply brands like Craviotto, Noble & Cooley, etc. We keep a good supply of curly maple shells. Many other woods can be used. Call us for available woods.

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In George Lawrence Tags Famous Drums, Famous Drum Company, steam bent single ply, solid shell, 2x4, Two By Four snare
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About the 150th anniversary sets

https://www.johncrockenpersimmondrumsticks.com/

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