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La Boz

La Boz drums Japan late 1960s

La Boz catalog pages

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LaBoz drum badge

Lang Percussion

 

Latin Percussion

Latin Percussion commenced in ??Cohen's garage in 1964. Purchased by October 2002, KMC Music of Bloomfield CT.

Leedy

Excellent Leedy resource with badge history and catalogs. http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/leedy.html

http://www.vintagedrum.com/leedy_black_elite_snare.htm

http://www.drumsmith.com/archive/index.php/t-4469.html

http://www.cocktaildrum.com/catalogs.html

http://www.adrummerstradition.com/articles.html

http://www.vintagedrumguide.com/

Leedy drum reference books

Mr. Leedy and the House of Wonder (Drum History Book)

The Complete History Of The Leedy Drum Company

Leedy Drum Topics (Complete from 1923 to 1941, #1-#29)

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Leedy Manufacturing Co Indianapolis

Leedy & Ludwig

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Leedy and Ludwig Elkhart Ind USA

Leedy & Strupe see L&S below

Legacy

Acoustic and electronic drum kits

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Legacy electronic drums

Legend

Legend Drums, made in USA by Kaman. Designed by Joe Montineri , shells by Keller, hardware from Asia. ?198s to 1990s.  [Source: Vintage Drum Forum]

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Legend snare drum

L & S

After Leedy had been bought by Conn in 1929, Mr. Leedy decided to start another company to provide work for his former employees and support his family.  U. G. Leedy and his employee Cecil Strupe (who would later work for WFL, Gretsch, and Ludwig), started L&S in 1930.  In 1931 U.G. Leedy died, and left the company to his son E.H. (Hollis) Leedy.  Strupe left L&S in 1936 and H. Leedy (lawyer by trade) closed the company shortly after to continue his legal career. [Source: Guide to Vintage Drums, John Aldridge]

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L&S Drummer Equipment Indianapolis

Leslie & Company

 

Liberty

1926-1927. http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/liberty.html

Liberty Drums (current)

Liberty Drums Ltd was formed in the Northeast of England to produce quality drum kits.

Liberty drums logo

LinnDrum

Roger Linn

Roger Linn Design.  A new LinnDrum has been announced.

http://www.vintagesynth.com/linn/linn2.php

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LinnDrum drum machine

LTD Drum Company

LTD Drums are made in the USA

LTD Drum Company Handmade in the USA

Ludwig

 

Ludwig drum dating

http://www.vintagedrumguide.com/serial_numbers.html

Badges: http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/ludwig_badges.html

Serials: http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/serial_numbers.html

http://www.ludwigdrummer.com/Date%20Guide/Date%20Guide.html

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

Serials: http://www.vintagedrum.com/ludwig_serials.htm

http://home.hetnet.nl/%7Ewinnie-/links/ludwigserno.html

http://www.drumarchive.com/Ludwig/

http://www.cocktaildrum.com/catalogs.html

http://www.classicdrums.com/index.php?page_id=7&folder=Ludwig%20Adverts

Reference Books at Amazon

The Making of a Drum Company : The Autobiography of William E. Ludwig II

The Ludwig Book - A Business History and Dating Guide Book - Book/CD-ROM (Softcover)

History of The Ludwig Drum Company

The Ludwig Drummer; the Complete Ludwig Drummer April 1926 to Spring 1948.

Image Ludwig Universal badge 1930s eBay:

Ludwig Universal Model

Ludwig & Ludwig

http://www.vintagesnaredrums.com/ludwig-ludwig.html

http://www.adrummerstradition.com/articles.html

http://www.maxwelldrums.com/information.php?info_id=15

Images 1920 and  1938 Ludwig and Ludwig badge eBay:

Ludwig & Ludwig Chicago Ludwig Pioneer Model Chicago USA

Ludwig-Paiste

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

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Luka Percussion

Quebec, Canada

Lyon & Healy

Lyon and Healy, Chicago.

This example of a Lyon & Healy brass drum from eBay is thought to be from the period 1895 to1920s:

Lyon and Healy brass drum Lyon and Healy drum label

Lyra

Lyra percussion, Japan.

Image Lyra logo 1960s eBay:   Unknown period Pearl forum

Lyra Percussion Japan Lyra World's Supreme Quality Made in Japan

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