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info    updated 24/2/2010

Dallas

Dallas brand was from London, England. See Dallas in guitars for historical info.

http://www.drumarchive.com/dallas/

D'Amico

Gene D'Amico started D'Amico Drums in 1990.

"Made in Southampton, MA USA. Our  drums use only D'Amico signature lugs with our patented design, no  generic lugs. Our badge clearly indicates D'Amico Drums with my  signature.
Serial numbers - We do this only by special request." [Source: Gene D'Amico, email 9/8/2008 ]

Dandy

Dandy Drums or Dandy by Drouyn and Drouyn as it was formally known were made in Spring Hill Brisbane. [Source: Vintage Drum Forum]

There is a 1960s Dandy Drum catalog at http://www.drumarchive.com/dandy/

see Drouyn drums

Darby

Chris Maestas

Darwin

Fibes was founded 1966. Became Corder drums then in 1990 sold to Sammy Darwin who operated it under the name Darwin until 1994. [Soiurce: Fibes]

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Dauz

Founded in early 1980s by Dan Dauz. Electronic drums/pads made in USA

Dave Drums

Davis Beltone

Image 1960s Davis Belton Quality Band Instruments badge eBay:

Ddrum

Tampa, Florida. Acoustic and electronic drums since 1983.

Image ddrum trigger ebay:

Del Ray

Teisco marketed drum sets in limited sizes and configurations during the 1960s, sold under the brand name Del Ray. [Source: wikipedia ]

Denjian

http://www.vintagecymbalguide.com/denjian.html

Devil's Workshop Custom Drums

Founded in 2003, Arizona, USA

Dixon

Dixon Drums started as a drum hardware company in 1979 in Germany. They have a presence in Europe, Asia, and most recently in the U.S.with slightly different product lines in each international market. Dixon Drums' presence in the U.S. is under Kaman Music's drum product line. [Source: wikipedia]

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Dodge

http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/dodge.html

Drouyn

Drouyn and Droyn drums were originally sold as Dandy (get it?) drums [Source: Vintage Drum Forum]

Drums made in Stones Corner, Brisbane, Australia. The Drouyn family ran a music shop at least from 1947. [Source: Milesago ] Drum production stopped around 1989/90. [Source: Vintage Drum Forum]

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Drum Design

Dornbirn, Austria

"We started in 1997 as "Faerber DRUM DESIGN". Some years later we dropped the the name "Faerber" and now produce as DRUM DESIGN.

We produce in Dornbirn /Austria (a little company near Lake Konstanz in the middle of Europe!).

Every drumshell has the coding of making inside with the signature of the maker and outside a serial number which tell us all things about colour, size, ...)" [Source: Drum Design, email 5/5/2009]

Drum Mate

Drum Mate by Tama according to eBay post. Note the "World's Supreme Quality" on logo which is an identical statement to that on the Lyra badge below.  Perhaps Lyra is from same manufacturer?

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Drum Smith Custom Creations

Lee Smith, Woodland Hills, California, USA

Drum Solo

Founded in 1991. Hand crafted drums by Greg Gaylord. Novato, California, USA.

From the archive:

Drum Solo about 2001

Drum Sound

"Informazione utente per Drum Sound.

Company was created in 1995.  Drumsound is an Italian drum manufacturer and the location is Torino.

Drum Sound Dating

Inside the shell you'll find all information - date, serial number, size - all shell information like pitch, spectrum analyze and more are recorded on a computer file." [Source: Luca Deorsola, Drum Sound, email 2/2/2009]

Drum Tree

Jeff Ocheltree

http://www.myspace.com/jeff_ocheltree_old_school

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Drum Village

Drum sticks and snares

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Drummer Boy

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Drumwerx

Drumwerx brand since 2005. Made in Kiowa, Colorado, USA

Began woodworking in 1972 as Creative Cabinet Works INC (clocks, kitchens etc.)

1985 started to make drums - name change to Woodlands Woodworks, Hawaiian Islands.

2004 parent name change to Woodlands Woodworks Designs INC.

Dunnett

"Made  since 1989, Vancouver, BC, CANADA - in my humble little shop.

Dating Dunnet classic drums

A serial name and date of production date are engraved inside every shell.

There is a badge history of sorts. The first 15 drums were hand stamped. Very rare. Then came the etched logo which was produced for maybe 2 years. Then the box badge, about 1 year and then the current script badge." [Source: Ronn Dunnett, email 9/8/2008 ]

Dunnett Classic Drums at wikipedia

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Duplex

Duplex Drum Co was founded by Emile Boulanger.

http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/duplex.html

Images Duplex 1930s pre badge and badge eBay:

DW

Drum Workshop is an Oxnard, California-based drum and hardware manufacturing company.

Founded in 1972 as a teaching studio by founder Don Lombardi. Don with student (and current Senior Executive Vice President) John Good, began a small drum equipment sales operation to cover the facility's operation costs.

The first-ever DW product was the height-adjustable trap seat, which was envisioned by Don. The demand became so great that, after accepting an offer to purchase all of Camco's manufacturing equipment, the primary focus of the DW operation became drum hardware manufacturing. DW's Camco origins can still be seen on their drums today in their unique round "turret" tuning lugs which were designed by George H. Way and originally featured on George Way drums. [Source: wikipedia]

Dating Drum Workshop drums

Unless you have a 'born date' stamped in black inside the drum shell, it is difficult. A serial number will only give you an estimate. I have a pre birth dating dw kit with keller shells and after emailing dw, they could only estimate its date of manufacture as 'early 90's'. My other dw kit has 'aug 2006' stamped inside the shells. [Source: PJB, Harmony Central Forum, 29/4/2007]

My DW kit is from the same era. I think the badge color/metal type can give you a hind at it's age, but it's not exact by any means. I know my DW's have a gold/brass badge with black writing. Prior to that I think they had silver badges with black painted writing, but I could be wrong. During the Keller era they only had the "kit/order" number inside the shell of each drum, as well as the serial number on the badge. Once they started making their own shells they started with the born on date, and then things get much easier. Or something to that affect. Hope that helps.  [Source: James (SYMBOLIC) Harmony Central Forum, 29/4/2007]

http://www.musicianshut.com/about-dw-pdp-drums/