Pete The Drummer
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I bought this lovely kit in the summer of last year for £600. Apparently it was owned by the drummer from Hermans Hermitts. Although it had a lovely sound, the hardware wasn't great and the rack tom moved all over. I paid an excellent drum restorer to replace all the hardware, lugs, mounts etc (which might be sacrilige to some, but I like to play my drum kits, not just treat them as a museum piece!). I asked him to choose vintage looking fittings and I think he's done an excellent job. The restorer dated it to 1967 or 1968.
I also had a music stand mounted onto the bass drum which you can see in some of the pictures, this is ideal for setlists or drum notation. The idea for it came from Max Weinberg (Bruce Springsteens drummer), who has a digital appliance of some sort mounted to his, so it's been nicknamed 'The Weinberg Stand.'
Finally, the snare is a Premier Popular Snare, which I bought a few years back for about £80 from ebay. The seller claimed it was made in 1926, again it's hard to date it exactly but the logo definitely predates the Premier Logo of the 1930's.
Apologies for the quality of some of the pictures.
I also had a music stand mounted onto the bass drum which you can see in some of the pictures, this is ideal for setlists or drum notation. The idea for it came from Max Weinberg (Bruce Springsteens drummer), who has a digital appliance of some sort mounted to his, so it's been nicknamed 'The Weinberg Stand.'
Finally, the snare is a Premier Popular Snare, which I bought a few years back for about £80 from ebay. The seller claimed it was made in 1926, again it's hard to date it exactly but the logo definitely predates the Premier Logo of the 1930's.
Apologies for the quality of some of the pictures.