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Database of Articles 11/13 to current

How Old Do You Think This Drum is?

April 14, 2017 George Lawrence

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In From Editor George Lawrence, Vintage Drums Tags Lyon & Healy
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Truss Tension Drums

December 14, 2016 Joe Mekler
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The late 1880s – 1900s was what was known as the “transition” period for snare drums and drums in general. This was the transition from rope tension to metal rod tension. It originated from the European or “Prussian“ designed drums consisting of sometimes highly decorated wood hoops over a metal shell. Metal hooks and long te

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In Joe Mekler, Vintage Drums, Featured Articles Tags Lyon & Healy, Thompson & Odell, J.W. Pepper, Whaley & Royce, John C. Haynes & Co., George Van Zandt, Excelsior Drum Company, Adolph G. Soistmann
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About the 150th anniversary sets

https://www.johncrockenpersimmondrumsticks.com/

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